Energy Efficient Clustering and Optimal Multipath Routing Using Hybrid Metaheuristic Protocol in Wireless Sensor Network

Abstract

Energy Efficiency now a day’s becomes a main issues in Wireless sensor Network. Hierarchical Clustering with multipath routing protocol technique is the important to improve packet over head, network lifetime, QOS, and power consumption. There are many such methodssuggested to Improve the Energy efficiency of whole WSN region. Out of these protocols the ad-hoc On demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol is very suitable, as it has more scalable and less overhead. This AODV protocol has two operations to find and maintain routes i.e. Path discovery and path maintenance. By doing the Clustering approach the data packet is shared among members of different clusters by the help of Cluster Head, which ultimately saves energy. Hence Hierarchical clustering algorithm is used in this approach along with Hybrid Genetic Algorithm (GA) with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm.The GA and PSO algorithm creates a hierarchy of cluster heads. The energy saving scheme increases with number of level increase in the Cluster presents in WSN. Therefore Hierarchical Clustering with Hybrid GA and PSO (HC-HGAPSO) methodology performed better Throughput, Network lifetime, and Residual Energy.