Title: Energy consumption model for density controlled divide-and-rule scheme for energy efficient routing in wireless sensor networks

Authors: Kamran Latif; Nadeem Javaid; Malik Najmus Saqib; Zahoor Ali Khan; Nabil Alrajeh

Addresses: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan; National Institute of Electronics (NIE), Islamabad, Pakistan ' COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan ' COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan ' CIS, Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah Campus, UAE ' B.M.T, C.A.M.S, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), sensor nodes (nodes) are equipped with limited energy source. Therefore, efficient energy utilisation of nodes has become a hot research area in WSNs. In this paper, we introduce a new routing technique for WSNs in which, we solve the problem of unbalanced energy utilisation, which causes energy and coverage holes in WSNs. Deployment area is divided into subareas; each subarea logically represents a static cluster. Dividing network field into subfields helps to control coverage hole problem whereas, static clustering helps to avoid energy hole problem. Mathematical formulation of the proposed work is provided to analyse and verify our technique. Simulation results show that our technique balances energy utilisation of the network.

Keywords: WSNs; wireless sensor networks; energy efficient routing; static clustering; energy holes; coverage holes; energy consumption; density control; divide-and-rule; energy efficiency; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2016.075192

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2016 Vol.21 No.2, pp.130 - 139

Received: 04 Apr 2014
Accepted: 26 Jan 2015

Published online: 07 Mar 2016 *

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