An Energy-Balancing Unequal Clustering and TDMA-Like Scheduling Mechanism in Wireless Sensor Networks

作者：Liu Tao^*

来源：IEICE - Transactions on Communications, 2012, E95B(12): 3882-3885.

DOI：10.1587/transcom.E95.B.3882

• wireless sensor network
• unequal clustering
• TDMA scheduling

In wireless sensor networks, unbalanced energy consumption and transmission collisions are two inherent problems and can significantly reduce network lifetime. This letter proposes an unequal clustering and TDMA-like scheduling mechanism (UCTSM) based on a gradient sinking model in wireless sensor networks. It integrates unequal clustering and TDMA-like transmission scheduling to balance the energy consumption among cluster heads and reduce transmission collisions. Simulation results show that UCTSM balances the energy consumption among the cluster heads, saves nodes' energy and so improves the network lifetime.

• 出版日期2012-12
• 单位西南大学