A Cluster-Based Energy Balancing Scheme in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks

In this paper, we propose a novel, cluster-based energy balancing scheme. We assume the existence of a fraction of “strong” nodes in terms of abundant storage, computing and communication abilities as well as energy. With the transformation of the flat network infrastructure into a hierarchical one, we obtained significant improvements in energy balancing leading to a longer connected time of the network. The improvement is quantified by mathematical analysis and extensive numerical simulations.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICN
• Authors: Jing Ai, Damla Turgut, Ladislau Bölöni
• Keywords: Energy Balancing Scheme, ICN 2005, Longer Connected Time, flat Network Infrastructure