An energy efficient protocol based on fuzzy logic to extend network lifetime and increase transmission efficiency in wireless sensor networks

Issue title: Special Section: Green and Human Information Technology

Guest editors: Seong Oun Hwang

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Van, Nguyen Toan^a | Huynh, Trong-Thua^b | An, Beongku^{c; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering in Graduate School, Hongik University, Republic of Korea | [b] Faculty of Information Technology, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | [c] Department of Software & Communications Engineering, Hongik University, Republic of Korea

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Beongku An, Department of Software & Communications Engineering, Hongik University, Republic of Korea. E-mail: beongku@hongik.ac.kr.

Abstract: In this paper, we propose an energy efficient protocol based on fuzzy logic to not only extend the network lifetime, but also increase the data transmission efficiency in wireless sensor networks. The proposed protocol tries to select the cluster head by considering the current distance and residual energy with the help of fuzzy inference system. Simulation is carried out using OMNeT++ to demonstrate that the proposed protocol performs better than the other existing ones in terms of energy consumption, network lifetime and number of packets received by the sink node.

Keywords: Clustering, energy efficient, fuzzy logic, LEACH, OMNeT++

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-169827

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 5845-5852, 2018