K-clustering in wireless ad hoc networks
Proceedings of the second ACM international workshop on Principles of mobile computing
WCA: A Weighted Clustering Algorithm for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Cluster Computing
Geometric Spanners for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Topology management in ad hoc networks
Proceedings of the 4th ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking & computing
Role-based hierarchical self organization for wireless ad hoc sensor networks
WSNA '03 Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international conference on Wireless sensor networks and applications
Minimizing communication costs in hierarchically-clustered networks of wireless sensors
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
RoamHBA: maintaining group connectivity in sensor networks
Proceedings of the 3rd international symposium on Information processing in sensor networks
Solving billing issues in ad hoc networks
ACM-SE 42 Proceedings of the 42nd annual Southeast regional conference
Topology management for improving routing and network performances in mobile ad hoc networks
Mobile Networks and Applications
A Minimum Cost Heterogeneous Sensor Network with a Lifetime Constraint
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Power balanced coverage-time optimization for clustered wireless sensor networks
Proceedings of the 6th ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking and computing
Limiting the impact of mobility on ad hoc clustering
PE-WASUN '05 Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Automatic decentralized clustering for wireless sensor networks
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Simple approximation algorithms and PTASs for various problems in wireless ad hoc networks
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing - Special issue: Algorithms for wireless and ad-hoc networks
Optimal hierarchical energy efficient design for MANETs
Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Wireless communications and mobile computing
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Distributed routing algorithms for multi-hop ad hoc networks using d-hop connected d-dominating sets
Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
A biologically-inspired clustering protocol for wireless sensor networks
Computer Communications
Cluster-based congestion control for sensor networks
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN)
Aggregation in sensor networks with a user-provided quality of service goal
Information Sciences: an International Journal
International Journal of Sensor Networks
An Adaptive Data Dissemination Strategy for Wireless Sensor Networks
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks - Heterogenous Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
CASAN: Clustering algorithm for security in ad hoc networks
Computer Communications
International Journal of Network Management
A fuzzy-based Power-aware management for mobile ad hoc networks
Computer Standards & Interfaces
A fuzzy-based virtual backbone routing for large-scale MANETs
International Journal of Sensor Networks
Efficient route discovery in hybrid networks
Ad Hoc Networks
A passive tree-based backbone construction scheme for MANETs
Computer Communications
Distributed routing algorithms for multi-hop ad hoc networks using d-hop connected d-dominating sets
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Stable energy-aware topology management in ad hoc networks
Ad Hoc Networks
WCNC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE conference on Wireless Communications & Networking Conference
REputation based Clustering Algorithm for security management in ad hoc networks with liars
International Journal of Information and Computer Security
An efficient cluster-based self-organisation algorithm for wireless sensor networks
International Journal of Sensor Networks
Wireless sensor network placement algorithm
WiCOM'09 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Wireless communications, networking and mobile computing
Physiological value-based efficient usable security solutions for body sensor networks
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN)
Coverage-time optimization for clustered wireless sensor networks: a power-balancing approach
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Cooperative energy management in distributed wireless real-time systems
Wireless Networks
Distributed energy-efficient hierarchical clustering for wireless sensor networks
DCOSS'05 Proceedings of the First IEEE international conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems
Adaptive power-aware clustering and multicasting protocol for mobile ad hoc networks
UIC'06 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
Cluster-based optimisation of load and energy aware routing in MANET
International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation
Cluster-Based framework in vehicular ad-hoc networks
ADHOC-NOW'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Ad-Hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks
Efficient resource-aware hybrid configuration of distributed pervasive applications
Pervasive'10 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Pervasive Computing
A distributed backbone formation algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks
ISPA'06 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications
QoSHVCP: hybrid vehicular communications protocol with QoS prioritization for safety applications
ISRN Communications and Networking
A robust scalable cluster-based multi-hop routing protocol for wireless sensor networks
ISPA'07 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications
Optimizing communication in mobile ad hoc network clustering
Computers in Industry
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Ad hoc networks consist of a set of identical nodes that move freely and independently and communicate with other node via wireless links. Such networks may be logically represented as a set of clusters by grouping together nodes that are in close proximity with one another. Clusterheads form a virtual backbone and may be used to route packets for nodes in their cluster. Nodes are assumed to have non-deterministic mobility pattern. Diffusing node identities along the wireless links forms clusters. Different heuristics employ different policies to elect clusterheads. Several of these policies are biased in favor of some nodes. As a result, these nodes shoulder greater responsibility and may deplete their energy faster, causing them to drop out of the network. Therefore, there is a need for load balancing among clusterheads to allow all nodes the opportunity to serve as a clusterhead. When the heuristic terminates, a node becomes either a clusterhead, a normal node, or a gateway node. Clusterheads maintain cluster databases for routing purposes. These databases must be transferred to newly elected clusterheads as they take over the role from previous clusterheads. This communication can be quite extensive and should be minimized where possible.To help reduce the amount of overhead associated with this database transferal, we propose a load-balancing heuristic to extend the life of a clusterhead to the maximum budget before allowing the clusterhead to retire and give way to another node. This helps to evenly distribute the responsibility of acting as clusterheads among all nodes. Thus, the heuristic insures fairness and stability. Simulation experiments demonstrate that the proposed heuristic does provide longer clusterhead durations than with no load balancing.