Directional multi-hop clustering routing protocol for wireless sensor networks

  • Authors:

  • Soroush Naeimi;Chee-Onn Chow;Hiroshi Ishii

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia;Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia;School of Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Tokai University, Tokyo 259-1292, Japan

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

In recent years, cluster-based routing protocol in wireless sensor networks WSNs has drawn great attention among researchers. In this paper, we propose directional multi-hop clustering routing DMCR protocol for wireless sensor networks that chooses the least number of hops within a straight line through the most reliable path for data transmission. The route-finding process is carried out by using low-cost devices like angle of arrival AoA antennas. This mechanism is especially suitable for large network topologies because not only the energy efficiency of the network is improved by limiting the number of nodes participating in data transmission to the BS, but the necessity of re-clustering is also reduced by choosing the most energetic node nearest to the BS in each cluster to relay the aggregated data. The proposed protocol was proven through extensive simulations to outperform existing protocols in terms of network lifetime and data packet delivery.