An Energy-Efficient Virtual Cluster Aggregation Algorithm in MAC Design for Wireless Sensor Network

Chenguang He; Xuejun Sha

6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

An Energy-Efficient Virtual Cluster Aggregation Algorithm in MAC Design for Wireless Sensor Network

Cite: BibTeX Plain Text

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    author={Chenguang He and Xuejun Sha},
    title={An Energy-Efficient Virtual Cluster Aggregation Algorithm in MAC Design for Wireless Sensor Network},
    proceedings={6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
    year={2012},
    month={3},
    keywords={wireless sensor network mac virtual cluster energy-efficient},
    doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158170}
}

Chenguang He
Xuejun Sha
Year: 2012
An Energy-Efficient Virtual Cluster Aggregation Algorithm in MAC Design for Wireless Sensor Network
CHINACOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158170

Chenguang He¹, Xuejun Sha¹^,*

1: Communication Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology

*Contact email: shaxuejun@hit.edu.cn

Abstract

The MAC protocol design for wireless sensor networks has been researched and developed for decades. SMAC is a famous energy-efficient MAC. In SMAC, the boundary nodes problem brings seriously energy consumption. Because the bounder node follows multiple schedules in one cycle, it may deplete earlier and cause segmentation in sensor network. The paper proposes the virtual cluster aggregation algorithm to solve this problem. The algorithm reduces energy consumption of boundary nodes and extends the lifetime of entire sensor network by merging different virtual clusters. The simulation results show that the performance of SMAC with the virtual cluster aggregation algorithm obtains improvement.

Keywords: wireless sensor network mac virtual cluster energy-efficient

Published: 2012-03-27
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158170