Efficient and Secure Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks through Optimal Power Control and Optimal Handoff-Based Recovery Mechanism

TL;DR

This paper proposes an enhanced routing protocol for wireless sensor networks that integrates optimal power control and handoff-based recovery to improve efficiency and security, validated through extensive simulation studies.

Contribution

It introduces an extended version of MTUS with SNR-based power control and self-recovery, offering a novel combination for secure, energy-efficient routing in WSNs.

Findings

Significant reduction in power consumption with the new protocol.

Enhanced security features in routing process.

Improved network reliability through self-recovery mechanisms.

Abstract

Advances in wireless sensor network (WSN) technology have provided the availability of small and low-cost sensor with capability of sensing various types of physical and environmental conditions, data processing, and wireless communication. In WSN, the sensor nodes have a limited transmission range, and their processing and storage capabilities as well as their energy resources are also limited. Modified triple umpiring system (MTUS) has already proved its better performance in Wireless Sensor Networks. In this paper, we extended the MTUS by incorporating optimal signal to noise ratio (SNR)-based power control mechanism and optimal handoff-based self-recovery features to form an efficient and secure routing for WSN. Extensive investigation studies using Glomosim-2.03 Simulator show that efficient and secure routing protocol (ESRP) with optimal power control mechanism, and handoff-based self-recovery can significantly reduce the power usage.