An Improved Energy Efficient Communication Protocol (IEECP) for Wireless Sensor Networks
Shailendra Mishra1, Mayank Singh2
1Shailendra Mishra, Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computer & Information Sciences, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia.
2Mayank Singh, Department of Electrical Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban South Africa.
Manuscript received on 22 March 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 05 April 2019 | Manuscript Published on 11 April 2019 | PP: 28-35 | Volume-8 Issue-4C, April 2019 | Retrieval Number: D24170484C19/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: The wireless sensor networks have been experiencing exponential growth in the past decade. A Wireless Sensor Network provides low cost solutions and consists of several sensors distributed across a geographical area. In many commercial and industrial applications, it often needs to monitor and collect the information about the environment conditions (temperature, humidity, vibration, acceleration etc.) by using sensor networks. This paper aims to resolve issues relating to excessive multi-hoping from one node to another. Proposed addressing can be used for signal spreading and de-spreading and minimize power usage. The proposed protocol is compared with the two existing protocols namely Tree Routing and Enhanced Tree Routing. The simulation results show that the proposed protocol has the low hop-count compare to TR and ETR, also it consumes less power and energy in finding paths and transmitting data to the sink node compare to TR and ETR protocols.
Keywords: Wireless sensor network, Energy Efficient Hope Count Protocol, Tree Routing, Extended Tree Routing, Non-Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor Technique.
Scope of the Article: Wireless ad hoc & Sensor Networks