A New Clustering Algorithm Using Links' Weight to Decrease Consumed Energy in MANETs
Abstract: One of the most
important problems of clustering algorithms in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs)
is the relatively low stability in generated clusters which are resulted by
rapid clusters destruction and high energy consumption in performing the
re-clustering processes. Many algorithms have been provided to increase the
clusters stability of which the most significant are weight-based algorithms. In
weight-based algorithms, only limited information of each node is used to
determine its weight and it causes that the best possible option for
cluster-head is not selected. The purpose of this paper is providing one
weight-based algorithm in which each node's weight determination is performed
not only by using its node information but also its neighbor’s nodes information
and this work is performed by determining the links' weight between nodes that
provide connections between nodes. Via this method, the best possible options
can be selected as cluster-head. In simulations and performed experiments, it
is revealed that the generated clusters by our proposed algorithms have very
high stability.
Author: Abbas Afsharfarnia,
Abbas Karimi
Journal Code: jptkomputergg140059