Energy-Efficient Clustering Scheme for Flying Ad-Hoc Networks Using an Optimized LEACH Protocol

Salil Bharany, Sandeep Sharma, Sumit Badotra, Osamah Ibrahim Khalaf, Youseef Alotaibi, Saleh Alghamdi and Fawaz Alassery
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Salil Bharany: Department of Computer Engineering & Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab 143005, India
Sandeep Sharma: Department of Computer Engineering & Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab 143005, India
Sumit Badotra: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab 144402, India
Osamah Ibrahim Khalaf: Al-Nahrain Nano-Renewable Energy Research Center, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad 10072, Iraq
Youseef Alotaibi: Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Systems, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
Saleh Alghamdi: Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Fawaz Alassery: Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-20

Abstract: A Flying Ad-hoc network constitutes many sensor nodes with limited processing speed and storage capacity as they institute a minor battery-driven device with a limited quantity of energy. One of the primary roles of the sensor node is to store and transmit the collected information to the base station (BS). Thus, the life span of the network is the main criterion for the efficient design of the FANETS Network, as sensor nodes always have limited resources. In this paper, we present a methodology of an energy-efficient clustering algorithm for collecting and transmitting data based on the Optimized Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) protocol. The selection of CH is grounded on the new optimized threshold function. In contrast, LEACH is a hierarchical routing protocol that randomly selects cluster head nodes in a loop and results in an increased cluster headcount, but also causes more rapid power consumption. Thus, we have to circumvent these limitations by improving the LEACH Protocol. Our proposed algorithm diminishes the energy usage for data transmission in the routing protocol, and the network’s lifetime is enhanced as it also maximizes the residual energy of nodes. The experimental results performed on MATLAB yield better performance than the existing LEACH and Centralized Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy Protocol in terms of energy efficiency per unit node and the packet delivery ratio with less energy utilization. In addition, the First Node Death (FND) is also meliorated when compared to the LEACH and LEACH-C protocols.

Keywords: clustering; energy consumption; FANETS; IoT; LEACH; routing protocol; wireless sensor network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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