Divide-and-Rule Scheme for Energy Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

TL;DR

This paper introduces the Divide-and-Rule protocol for wireless sensor networks, utilizing static clustering and dynamic cluster head selection to enhance energy efficiency and prolong network lifetime.

Contribution

It proposes a novel routing protocol with fixed cluster head selection, improving energy efficiency over existing probabilistic methods.

Findings

DR protocol outperforms existing routing protocols in simulations

Static clustering with dynamic CH selection enhances energy conservation

Prolongs network stability and lifetime

Abstract

From energy conservation perspective inWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), clustering of sensor nodes is a challenging task. Clustering technique in routing protocols play a key role to prolong the stability period and lifetime of the network. In this paper, we propose and evaluate a new routing protocol for WSNs. Our protocol; Divide-and-Rule (DR) is based upon static clustering and dynamic Cluster Head (CH) selection technique. This technique selects fixed number of CHs in each round instead of probabilistic selection of CH. Simulation results show that DR protocol outperform its counterpart routing protocols.