Delay-constrained energy-efficient cluster-based multi-hop routing in wireless sensor networks

• Published in: Journal of communications and networks Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 580 - 588
• Main Authors: Trong-Thua Huynh, Anh-Vu Dinh-Duc, Cong-Hung Tran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul Editorial Department of Journal of Communications and Networks 01-08-2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE); 한국통신학회
• Subjects: Cluster; Clustering algorithms; Delays; end-to-end delay; Energy consumption; multi-hop; Protocols; Routing; Sensors; trade-off; Wireless sensor networks; 전자/정보통신공학
• ISSN: 1229-2370; 1976-5541
• DOI: 10.1109/JCN.2016.000081

Energy efficiency is the main objective in the design of a wireless sensor network (WSN). In many applications, sensing data must be transmitted from sources to a sink in a timely manner. This paper describes an investigation of the trade-off between two objectives in WSN design: minimizing energy consumption and minimizing end-to-end delay. We first propose a new distributed clustering approach to determining the best clusterhead for each cluster by considering both energy consumption and end-to-end delay requirements. Next, we propose a new energy-cost function and a new end-to-end delay function for use in an inter-cluster routing algorithm. We present a multi-hop routing algorithm for use in disseminating sensing data from clusterheads to a sink at the minimum energy cost subject to an end-to-end delay constraint. The results of a simulation are consistent with our theoretical analysis results and show that our proposed performs much better than similar protocols in terms of energy consumption and end-to-end delay.