An Event-Triggered Energy-Efficient Clustering in Collaborative Beamforming for Wireless Sensor Networks

作     者：Jianxin Ma Shuo Shi Si Tian Xuemai Gu 

作者机构：Communication Research CentreHarbin Institute of Technology 

出 版 物：《Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology(New Series)》 (哈尔滨工业大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第23卷第5期

页      面：8-14页

学科分类：080904[工学-电磁场与微波技术] 0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 08[工学] 080402[工学-测试计量技术及仪器] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 081001[工学-通信与信息系统] 

基　　金：Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61301100) 

主　　题：Sensor networks clustering collaborative beamfomiing energy efficiency network lifetime 

摘      要：In this paper, we present a protocol, CEWEC （Collaborative, Event-Triggered, Weighted, Energy-Efficient Clustering） , based on collaborative beamfor^ning. It is designed for wireless sensor nodes to realize the long-distance transmission. In order to save the energy of sensor nodes, a node ＂wakes up ＂when it has data to be uploaded. In our protocol, multi-layer structure is adopted： trigger-node layers, clusterhead-node layers, child- node layers. The number of child nodes and clusterheads depends on the distance of transmission. Clusterheads are selected according to the node 5 s weight which is based on its residual energy and distance to the trigger node. The main characteristic of this protocol is that clusterheads can directly communication with each other without the large-scale base station and antennas. Thus, the data from the trigger node would be able to be shared within the multi-layer structure. Considering the clustering process, energy model, and success rate, the simulation results show that the CEWEC protocol can effectively manage a large number of sensor nodes to share and transmit data.