ABSTRACT
A wireless sensor network (WSN) is an autonomous network of many wireless nodes that help in gathering the data from the network. The sensor nodes are limited in the energy which runs them to sense the surrounding. Therefore, it is essential to introduce the routing mechanism that helps in the energy preservation of these nodes so that they could survive for the longer period. In this chapter, we propose an energy-efficient clustering that selects CH based on the novel parameters. These parameters are residual energy, distance, and node density. We name our protocol as NEECH (Novel Energy Efficient Cluster Head) selecting. The simulations are performed in MATLAB, and it is analyzed that the proposed work ameliorates the various metrics including stability period, network remaining energy, network lifetime, and throughput. The protocol has considered the conventional method of selection for the CH. The simulation results reveal that NEECH outperforms the other protocols in terms of various metrics mentioned in the chapter. This protocol has huge applicability in the various domain of attended applications.
