A new energy-aware wireless sensor network evolution model based on complex network

• Main Authors: Shujuan Cui, Yuan Cao, Gengxin Sun, Sheng Bin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
• Series: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
• Subjects: Wireless sensor networks; Complex network; Energy-balanced; Evolution model; Performance optimization
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13638-018-1240-0

Abstract For solving the problem of heterogeneous node energy and low energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), an effective and dynamic self-organization evolution model by introducing a complex network model is proposed in this paper. In the process of the evolution of WSN topology, it is considered that the nodes and links in the network are dynamic behaviors with increasing and decreasing, and combined this behavior with energy-awareness mechanism. The preferred attached mechanism and the anti-preferred deleted mechanism is closely related to the remaining node energy. The statistical characteristics of this network model are analyzed by theoretical calculation and mathematical simulation under different energy distribution functions. Through the simulation experiment, it can be proven that the proposed evolution model will cause the energy consumption of the whole wireless sensor network to be more balanced; at the same time, it would have an excellent performance of random node error tolerance.