International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 58 - Number 16 |
Year of Publication: 2012 |
Authors: Srishti Singal, Naveen Sharma |
10.5120/9363-2586 |
Srishti Singal, Naveen Sharma . Preventing Direct Communication between a Sensor and Sink Node with the Help of Hybrid Network Topology for Energy Conservation in Wireless Sensor Network. International Journal of Computer Applications. 58, 16 ( November 2012), 1-8. DOI=10.5120/9363-2586
Wireless sensor network is a large number of small battery powered sensors, where the failures of sensor nodes and the loss of connectivity are common phenomena. Therefore, energy consumption is an important issue to achieve a longer network lifetime. Several clustering protocols have been aimed to provide balancing of the residual energy particularly between the clusterheads and minimizing the number of clusterheads. This paper presents a novel clustering algorithm named EDED (Enhanced distributed, energy-efficient, and dual homed clustering) which provides robustness, a distributed cluster formation and reduces the number of clusters (clusterhead) in the WSN. Simulation results confirm that EDED is effective in prolonging the network lifetime and it can further efficiently relay the cluster data.