title: Distributed power allocation for sink-centric clusters in multiple sink wireless sensor networks.
abstract: Due to the battery resource constraints, saving energy is a critical issue in wireless sensor networks, particularly in large sensor networks. One possible solution is to deploy multiple sink nodes simultaneously. Another possible solution is to employ an adaptive clustering hierarchy routing scheme. In this paper, we propose a multiple sink cluster wireless sensor networks scheme which combines the two solutions, and propose an efficient transmission power control scheme for a sink-centric cluster routing protocol in multiple sink wireless sensor networks, denoted as MSCWSNs-PC. It is a distributed, scalable, self-organizing, adaptive system, and the sensor nodes do not require knowledge of the global network and their location. All sinks effectively work out a representative view of a monitored region, after which power control is employed to optimize network topology. The simulations demonstrate the advantages of our new protocol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic and Information, The University of Nantong, Nantong Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Guoan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yuehua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003198:Computer Simulation; D013686:Telemetry / Q000379:methods*