Fuzzy logic optimized wireless sensor network routing protocol

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Izadi, Davood | Abawajy, Jemal^; | Ghanavati, Sara

Affiliations: Parallel and Distributed Computing Lab, School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: jemal@deakin.edu.au

Abstract: Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are used in health monitoring, tracking and security applications. Such networks transfer data from specific areas to a nominated destination. In the network, each sensor node acts as a routing element for other sensor nodes during the transmission of data. This can increase energy consumption of the sensor node. In this paper, we propose a routing protocol for improving network lifetime and performance. The proposed protocol uses type-2 fuzzy logic to minimize the effects of uncertainty produced by the environmental noise. Simulation results show that the proposed protocol performs better than a recently developed routing protocol in terms of extending network lifetime and saving energy and also reducing data packet lost.

Keywords: Wireless sensor networks, routing protocol, type-2 fuzzy logic, uncertainty

DOI: 10.3233/JHS-130467

Journal: Journal of High Speed Networks, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 115-128, 2013