A swarm of bees algorithm for head nodes selecting of wireless sensor network clusters

The article discusses the actual problem of energy-efficient interaction of sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network. The limitations of wireless sensor networks are indicated, the main of which is the requirement of low power consumption, on which the service life of the network depends. Restrictions dictate to reduce the number of operations when organizing the interaction of network nodes. One of the effective approaches is the clustering of the sensory field created by the network, since the length of the data delivery route is reduced. The article proposes an algorithm for a swarm of bees that allows at the beginning of each cycle of the wireless sensor network to determine not only the heads of clusters, but also potential heads of clusters that can become them in the next rounds of the network. Cluster heads and potential cluster heads are chosen according to the Euclidean distance metric and the level of residual energy. It is shown that, unlike the well-known LEACH algorithm and its versions, in the bee swarm algorithm, the phase of choosing the head node of the cluster becomes unnecessary for at least one cycle, and the sensor nodes thus get rid of some calculations associated with choosing the head of the cluster. The conducted simulation experiments testify to the effectiveness of the proposed bee swarm algorithm in choosing the heads of wireless sensor network clusters.

Authors: T. M. Tatarnikova, F. Bimbetov, E. V. Gorina

Direction: Informatics, Computer Technologies And Control

Keywords: wireless sensor network, power consumption, sensor network clustering, sensor node, cluster head, network lifetime, bee swarm algorithm

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