Prolonging Network Lifetime and Data Accumulation in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks

Dilip Kumar1, Trilok Chand Aseri2, and Ram Bahadur Patel3
1Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Ministry of Communication & IT, India
PEC University of Technology, India
3Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, India

Abstract: Research on Wireless Sensor Networks has often assumed homogeneous nodes. In reality, homogeneous nodes have different capabilities like different levels of initial energy and drain rate. This leads to the research on heterogeneous networks where two or more types of nodes are considered within the network and the more powerful sensor nodes act as cluster heads. In this paper, we have analyzed a heterogeneous network with three types of nodes having different initial energy levels.  A single hop clustering topology has been assumed and analyzed the network performance in terms of lifetime. Simulation results show that the network lifetime is much better in proposed protocol than the existing protocols.

Keywords: Wireless sensor networks, heterogeneous, lifetime, clustering.