A Clustering Election Game-Based and Two-Level Management Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

作     者：Cai, Lingru Huang, Ruisong Li, Zhangjie Luo, Lun Xiong, Zhi Chen, Yindong 

作者机构：Shantou Univ Dept Comp Sci Shantou 515063 Peoples R China 

出 版 物：《IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL》 (IEEE Internet Things J.)

年 卷 期：2024年第11卷第7期

页      面：12058-12070页

核心收录：

学科分类：0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 0808[工学-电气工程] 08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 

主　　题：Wireless sensor networks Voting Protocols Games Clustering algorithms Energy consumption Routing Clustering election game clustering protocol energy balance two-level management (CEGT) wireless sensor networks (WSNs) 

摘      要：Energy balance consumption is an important research topic in the field of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Clustering protocols are widely used to reduce WSN energy consumption. However, this many-to-one cluster head (CH) model can also easily lead to energy exhaustion of some critical nodes near the base station results in the decline of the network quality and lifetime. This article proposes a clustering election game-based and two-level management clustering protocol (CEGT) for WSNs;the network is divided into layers of equal size, and the layer heads (LHs) are selected within the layers based on the location and energy information. Each layer is further divided into clusters of equal size, and the nodes within the clusters undergo a two-stage screening followed by local clustering and multiple rounds of election games to dynamically select the staged CHs. This protocol effectively prevents low-energy nodes from participating in the CH competitions, and selects high-quality nodes through election games which are based on customized qualification values, and ensures reasonable energy utilization as well as efficient network load balancing. Finally, our simulations show that our CEGT protocol outperforms other clustering protocols in terms of the network lifetime, the number of surviving nodes, and the average number of clusters, and the throughput, which also indicate that the CEGT protocol is more suitable for large-scale networks.