DREEM-ME: Distributed Regional Energy Efficient Multi-hop Routing Protocol based on Maximum Energy in WSNs

TL;DR

DREEM-ME is a novel routing protocol for wireless sensor networks that enhances energy efficiency and network lifetime through a unique clustering technique and packet drop method, outperforming existing protocols.

Contribution

It introduces a fixed number of cluster heads per round and a packet drop technique, improving energy efficiency and network longevity in WSNs.

Findings

DREEM-ME outperforms existing protocols in energy efficiency.

The protocol extends network lifetime significantly.

Confidence intervals aid in visualizing deviation from expected performance.

Abstract

Wireless distributed sensor network consists of randomly deployed sensors having low energy assets. These networks can be used for monitoring a variety of environments. Major problems of these networks are energy constraints and their finite lifetimes. To overcome these problems different routing protocols and clustering techniques are introduced. We propose DREEM-ME which uses a unique technique for clustering to overcome these two problems efficiently. DREEM-ME elects a fix number of cluster heads (CHs) in each round instead of probabilistic selection of CHs. Packet Drop Technique is also implemented in our protocol to make it more comprehensive and practical. In DREEM-ME confidence interval is also shown in each graph which helps in visualising the maximum deviation from original course. Our simulations and results show that DREEM-ME is much better than existing protocols of the same nature.