Volume 6 - Issue 1
PEER: Proximity-Based Energy-Efficient Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Chien-Erh Weng
Department of Electronic Communication Engineering National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
ceweng@mail.nkmu.edu.tw
- Vishal Sharma
Computer Science and Engineering Department Thapar University, Patiala-147004, Punjab, India
vishal sharma2012@hotmail.com
- Hsing-Chung Chen
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Asia University, Taichung City, Taiwan 41354, Deptartment of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan (Research Consultant)
cdma2000@asia.edu.tw
- Chuan-Hsien Mao
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Asia University, Taichung City, Taiwan 41354
zx.mao@msa.hinet.net
Keywords: WSNs, Routing algorithm, PEER, RIDSR.
Abstract
With efficient routing, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) can provide the continuous transmission
with improved lifetime. Different routing protocols account for the different results over the WSNs.
WSNs acquire special place in modern day network applications such as body area networks, home
animations, cellular enhancement, etc. Especially, focusing on the home automation, a lot of routing
algorithms and protocols have been proposed over the years that aim at enhancing the lifetime
of such networks. Some of the popular algorithms include Relative Direction Based Sensor Routing
(RDSR), Convention Routing (CR), Relative Identification and Direction-Based Sensor Routing
(RIDSR), etc. These protocols focus over solving the routing loop problem along with improvement
in lifetime of the overall network. However, the gains attained by these networks show a relatively
less improvement. Thus, considering the similar problem of routing loop and a lifetime, an energy
efficient routing algorithm developed on the backbone of the RIDSR is proposed. The proposed routing
algorithm uses the proximity approach to find the appropriate set of nodes for transmission, thus,
improving lifetime and resolving routing loop issues. The effectiveness of the proposed Proximity
Based Energy Efficient Routing (PEER) is demonstrated in as gains attained in terms of improved
lifetime, and energy consumption.