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<p>In a volatile environment, a substantial number of sensor nodes are extensively dispatched to track and detect changes in physical environment. Although sensor nodes have limited energy resources, so energy-efficient routing is a major concern in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) to extend the network’s lifespan. Recent research shows that less throughput, increased delay, and high execution time have been provided with high energy usage. A new mechanism called the IRGA-MACS is proposed to overcome these inherent problems. Firstly, the Improved Resampling Genetic Algorithm (IRGA) is used for the best Cluster Head (CH) selection. Secondly, to assess the shortest path among CHs and nodes, the Modified Ant Colony Optimization based Simulated Annealing (MACS) has been speculated to minimize the time consumption during the transmission. The results show that the proposed approaches attain the supreme goal of increasing the network lifetime compared to existing methods.</p>
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In a volatile environment, a substantial number of sensor nodes are extensively dispatched to track and detect changes in physical environment. Although sensor nodes have limited energy resources, so energy-efficient routing is a major concern in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) to extend the network’s lifespan. Recent research shows that less throughput, increased delay, and high execution time have been provided with high energy usage. A new mechanism called the IRGA-MACS is proposed to overcome these inherent problems. Firstly, the Improved Resampling Genetic Algorithm (IRGA) is used for the best Cluster Head (CH) selection. Secondly, to assess the shortest path among CHs and nodes, the Modified Ant Colony Optimization based Simulated Annealing (MACS) has been speculated to minimize the time consumption during the transmission. The results show that the proposed approaches attain the supreme goal of increasing the network lifetime compared to existing methods.

An IRGA-MACS Based Cluster-Head Selection Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Beijing Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Intelligent System

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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

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In a volatile environment, a substantial number of sensor nodes are extensively dispatched to track and detect changes in physical environment. Although sensor...

An IRGA-MACS Based Cluster-Head Selection Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Publicado en línea: 01 jul 2021

Páginas: 166 - 182

Recibido: 15 mar 2021

Aceptado: 12 abr 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2021-0025

Palabras clave
WSN, IRGA-MACS, resampling, CH selection, energy efficiency

© 2021 Muhammad Inam et al., published by Sciendo

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

An IRGA-MACS Based Cluster-Head Selection Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Publicado en línea: 01 jul 2021

Páginas: 166 - 182

Recibido: 15 mar 2021

Aceptado: 12 abr 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2021-0025

Palabras claveWSN, IRGA-MACS, resampling, CH selection, energy efficiency

© 2021 Muhammad Inam et al., published by Sciendo

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

Palabras clave
WSN, IRGA-MACS, resampling, CH selection, energy efficiency