An Energy-Efficient Cross-Layer-Sensing Clustering Method Based on Intelligent Fog Computing in WSNs

Abstract

The conventional data-based routing protocols are usually vulnerable to a large number of energy voids or hotspots in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). In order to address this problem, we propose Mobile Intelligent Fog Computing: An Energy-efficient Cross-layer-sensing Clustering Method (ECCM). The first, according to the cross-layer projection principle, the proposed algorithm employs the sensing-event-driven mechanism to project the fog nodes onto the sensing layer, and constructs a powerful virtual control node. Then the control procedure of the cluster-based routing protocol in sensor networks is uploaded to the fog layer and the fog computation is employed to achieve the distributed clustering of the event-field nodes. The second, the optimized data aggregation routing is constructed, which centers the projectile fog nodes. The data in the bottom-layer routing of the sensor network is thus replaced, and the network load is balanced and reduced. The third, in the optimization of the routing protocol, we introduce the Particles Swarm Optimization, (PSO) algorithm and elect a group of optimal nodes as the cluster heads, without the cost of any competition overhead, the energy overhead of the network can be effectively reduced and balanced, which curbs the rapid exhaustion of the node energy and prolongs the network lifetime. Finally, it is shown by the simulation results that the construction and the maintenance of the routing structure are small, which could optimize the data aggregation efficiency and improve the network performance.