Energy Consumption Rate based Stable Election Protocol (ECRSEP) for WSNs

TL;DR

This paper introduces ECRSEP, a new clustering protocol for WSNs that improves energy efficiency and network lifetime by selecting cluster heads based on nodes' energy consumption rates, outperforming existing protocols.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel CH selection scheme based on Energy Consumption Rate, enhancing energy efficiency and network stability in WSNs.

Findings

ECRSEP extends network lifetime compared to LEACH, DEEC, SEP, and ESEP.

ECRSEP improves network stability and energy utilization.

Simulation results validate the superiority of ECRSEP.

Abstract

In recent few yearsWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have seen an increased interest in various applications like border field security, disaster management and medical applications. So large number of sensor nodes are deployed for such applications, which can work autonomously. Due to small power batteries in WSNs, efficient utilization of battery power is an important factor. Clustering is an efficient technique to extend life time of sensor networks by reducing the energy consumption. In this paper, we propose a new protocol; Energy Consumption Rate based Stable Election Protocol (ECRSEP). Our CH selection scheme is based on the weighted election probabilities of each node according to the Energy Consumption Rate (ECR) of each node. We compare results of our proposed protocol with Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH), Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering (DEEC), Stable Election Protocol (SEP), and Enhanced SEP(ESEP). Our simulation results show that our proposed protocol, ECRSEP outperforms all these protocols in terms of network stability and network lifetime.