TEECS: A time-based energy efficient clustering scheme in wireless sensor networks

Abstract

The main challenge of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is to conserve energy of sensor nodes and to increase network’s lifetime. The energy efficient protocol is one of the most focused research issues in WSNs. Network layer routing protocols are proven to be more energy efficient when it uses clustering schemes. In this paper, with an objective to prolong the network’s lifetime we have proposed a timer-based, distributed, energy efficient clustering scheme for wireless sensor network and we have also presented the implementation details and comparison of the TEECS protocol with existing LEACH protocol. In the results, we found out that, the TEECS protocol was more energy efficient than the LEACH protocol.