Article: LEACH inspired hierarchical routing protocols for wireless sensor networks Journal: International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) 2015 Vol.3 No.2 pp.120 - 138 Abstract: A wireless sensor network is a collection of various sensor nodes which are organised into a complex and cooperative network. These sensor nodes, which are used not only for monitoring but also for capturing the required data from the environment. Most of the research work on WSNs is done keeping in view the energy efficiency, scalability and efficient routing. In WSNs, the most of energy efficient and scalable routing protocols are hierarchical (cluster-based) routing protocols. Among all the clustering techniques low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH) is one of the fundamental protocols. We have surveyed and analysed different hierarchical routing protocols that are being modified from LEACH. The main focus of our research is to study how these variant routing protocols work in order to enhance the network life time and how the quality of routing protocols are improved for the wireless sensor network. This paper explains some of the major issues faced by LEACH and suggest the way how these are tackled by variant versions of LEACH. A comprehensive discussion is provided in the table highlighting the relative advantages and disadvantages of some of the prominent protocols. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: LEACH inspired hierarchical routing protocols for wireless sensor networks

Authors: Aarti Jain; Priyanka Gupta

Addresses: Department of ECE, Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technologies and Research, Delhi, India ' Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technologies and Research, Delhi, India

Abstract: A wireless sensor network is a collection of various sensor nodes which are organised into a complex and cooperative network. These sensor nodes, which are used not only for monitoring but also for capturing the required data from the environment. Most of the research work on WSNs is done keeping in view the energy efficiency, scalability and efficient routing. In WSNs, the most of energy efficient and scalable routing protocols are hierarchical (cluster-based) routing protocols. Among all the clustering techniques low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH) is one of the fundamental protocols. We have surveyed and analysed different hierarchical routing protocols that are being modified from LEACH. The main focus of our research is to study how these variant routing protocols work in order to enhance the network life time and how the quality of routing protocols are improved for the wireless sensor network. This paper explains some of the major issues faced by LEACH and suggest the way how these are tackled by variant versions of LEACH. A comprehensive discussion is provided in the table highlighting the relative advantages and disadvantages of some of the prominent protocols.

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; WSNs; clustering protocols; cluster head selection; energy efficiency; scalability; LEACH protocol; hierarchical routing protocols; network lifetime.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITCC.2015.071006

International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence, 2015 Vol.3 No.2, pp.120 - 138

Received: 25 Jun 2014
Accepted: 22 Feb 2015
Published online: 05 Aug 2015 *

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