Author(s)

A. Devasena¹, B. Sowmya²

¹Anna University Chennai, Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, India.
²Department of ECE, Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, India.

The main parameter to be considered in the wireless sensor network is the amount of energy that is available in each sensor node. The lifetime of the sensor node (SN) depends on it. As the SNs are deployed in remote locations, if the entire energy is consumed, it would be very difficult to replace or recharge the energy source immediately. Hence the energy consumed by each node is very important. If individual SNs send information directly to the base station (BS), then the availability of energy in such SN decreases very fast. This will lead to reduction in the life time of the SN. Instead, the SNs can send the data to the cluster head (CH), then the CH consolidates the received data. The CH sends it to the BS periodically. In this way, utilizing CH for sending the information to the BS increases the lifetime of the SN. The cluster head selection is very crucial in such networks. This paper proposes a novel fuzzy based BEENSIH protocol for CH selection.

Sensor Nodes, Cluster, Energy Level, Heterogeneous Sensor Network, Fuzzy Logic, BEENISH

Devasena, A. and Sowmya, B. (2016) Fuzzy Based BEENISH Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network. Circuits and Systems, 7, 1893-1905. doi: 10.4236/cs.2016.78164.