Minimum energy dissipation protocol in degree-based clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks.

Energy model is an important consideration for designing clustering protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks. By considering both energy consumption of transmitter and receiver, a more accurate energy-efficient protocols can be proposed. This paper shows node degree as a criterion to ensure minimum energy dissipation in the network when both components of the energy model are considered. This paper proposes a clustering algorithm that considers node degree to form clusters. The paper provides simulation results to show the energy dissipation corresponding to different node degrees and concludes that node degree has significant impact to the energy consumption in the network. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]