An improvised dual step hybrid routing protocol for network lifetime enhancement in WSN-IoT environment

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have recently been viewed as the foundation infrastructure that has paved the way for the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, there is a challenge when integrating WSNs into the IoT due to high-energy consumption in their nodes and poor network lifespan. As a result, the fundamental issues in WSN are sensor node energy scarcity, sensor data exchange, and routing protocols. To address the aforementioned shortcomings, this paper proposes an optimized energy-efficient path-planning approach that increases network lifetime and connectivity. These applications employ large amounts of data and need a data that are more effective sensing and data transfer method. This study presents Improvised DSHR (Dual Step Hybrid Routing) - a methodology for cluster-based routing efficiency. It consists of a two-phase method designed to identify the best route taking clustering into account. In addition, it consists of cluster head selection, optimum route building, node integration with the cluster head, and sensing range optimization. Furthermore, an efficient data transmission. Improvised DSHR is evaluated considering network lifetime, communication overhead, no active nodes, and Route Length evaluated, and then the model is compared to the current Leach protocol to demonstrate its efficiency. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023.