DCEE-ORP: Dragon Fly inspired Cluster based Energy Efficient Opportunistic Routing Protocol for WSNs

WSNs provide fine-grained measurements of the real world. A WSN comprises of several battery-operated sensor nodes with computing, communication, and processing capabilities. Data is collected by sensors, such as those that measure temperature, air pollution, pressure, etc. To construct an entire sensor node, some supporting components, such as power supply, are required. They're widely dispersed; each can sense the physical surroundings, collect aggregated data, and transmit it to the base station or sensor nodes. The researched proposal on Dragon Fly inspired Cluster based Energy Efficient Opportunistic Routing Protocol for WSNs (DCEE-ORP) is based on the Dragonfly algorithm. It is used to filter signals or data and optimize the route. The performance of DCEE-ORP is compared to that of rival routing protocols on crucial criteria such as average energy usage and packet delivery ratio. The results demonstrate that the DCEE-ORP performs much better than its competitors in terms of energy efficiency.