International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 76 - Number 9 |
Year of Publication: 2013 |
Authors: Surender Kumar, Manish Prateek, Bharat Bhushan |
10.5120/13278-0877 |
Surender Kumar, Manish Prateek, Bharat Bhushan . Distance based (DBCP) Cluster Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network. International Journal of Computer Applications. 76, 9 ( August 2013), 42-47. DOI=10.5120/13278-0877
Clustering is an important concept to reduce the energy consumption and prolonging the life of a wireless sensor network. In heterogeneous wireless sensor network some of the nodes are equipped with more energy than the other nodes. Many routing algorithms are proposed for heterogeneous wireless sensor network. Stable Election Protocol (SEP) is one of the important protocol in this category. In this research paper a novel energy efficient distance based cluster protocol (DBCP) is proposed for single hop heterogeneous wireless sensor network to increase the life and energy efficiency of a sensor network. DBCP use the average distance of the sensor from the base station as the major issue for the selection of a cluster head in the sensor network.