Load-balanced routing scheme for wireless sensor networks

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have received academia research attention at present. The energy-constrain sensors in wireless sensor networks operate on limited batteries, so it is a very important issue to use energy efficiently and reduce power consumption. Most recent routing protocols tend to find the minimum energy cost path to lower energy usage for all routing paths, thus, they may lead to some of the nodes deplete their energy quickly. To maximize the network lifetime, this paper presents a novel energy routing algorithm Name MP-LB, which used balancing load to maintain network wide energy equivalence and maximize network lifetime. Simulation results show that LBR performance can prolong the network life effectively and enhance the data transmission efficiency.