<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Many studies have been proposed on clustering protocols for various applications in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). The main objective of the clustering algorithm is to minimize the energy consumption, deployment of nodes, latency, and fault tolerance in network. In short high reliability, robustness and scalability can be achieved. Clustering techniques are mainly used to extend the lifetime of wireless sensor network. The first and foremost clustering algorithm for wireless sensor network was Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH). As per LEACH, some Cluster Head (CH) may have more nodes, some other may have less nodes, which affects the network performance. The proposed method MaximuM-LEACH provides a solution by load balancing the number of nodes equally by fixing the average value N, so the life time of the network is increased.</p></abstract>

Many studies have been proposed on clustering protocols for various applications in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). The main objective of the clustering algorithm is to minimize the energy consumption, deployment of nodes, latency, and fault tolerance in network. In short high reliability, robustness and scalability can be achieved. Clustering techniques are mainly used to extend the lifetime of wireless sensor network. The first and foremost clustering algorithm for wireless sensor network was Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH). As per LEACH, some Cluster Head (CH) may have more nodes, some other may have less nodes, which affects the network performance. The proposed method MaximuM-LEACH provides a solution by load balancing the number of nodes equally by fixing the average value N, so the life time of the network is increased.

A Modified LEACH Protocol for Increasing Lifetime of the Wireless Sensor Network

School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India 632014

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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Many studies have been proposed on clustering protocols for various applications in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). The main objective of the clustering...

A Modified LEACH Protocol for Increasing Lifetime of the Wireless Sensor Network

Published Online: Aug 19, 2016

Page range: 154 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2016-0040

Keywords
LEACH, modified LEACH, hierarchical cluster based routing, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)

© by S. Ananda Kumar

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A Modified LEACH Protocol for Increasing Lifetime of the Wireless Sensor Network

Published Online: Aug 19, 2016

Page range: 154 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2016-0040

KeywordsLEACH, modified LEACH, hierarchical cluster based routing, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)

© by S. Ananda Kumar

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
LEACH, modified LEACH, hierarchical cluster based routing, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)