Two-level linear clustering protocol based on wireless sensor networks

Aiming at the defects of the nodes in the low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH) protocol, such as high energy consumption and uneven energy consumption, a two-level linear clustering protocol is built. The protocol improves the way of the nodes distribution at random. The terminal nodes which have not been a two-level cluster head in the cluster can compete with the principle of equivalent possibility, and on the basis of the rest energy of nodes the two-level cluster head is selected at last. The single hop within the cluster and single hop or multiple hops between clusters are used. Simulation experiment results show that the performance of the two-level linear clustering protocol applied to the Hexi corridor agricultural field is superior to that of the LEACH protocol in the survival time of network nodes, the ratio of success, and the remaining energy of network nodes.