Energy Efficient Hybrid Clustering Approach in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)

Energy-efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has been regarded as the core issue for designing any communication protocol. Sensor networks consist of limited battery-powered nodes and recharging or replacing is not practical being deployed in harsh environments like underground mines. So designing of WSNs should be concentrated on energy efficiency. Clustering technique is used very effectively to achieve scaling up and power saving in WSNs. It allows hierarchical structures to be built on the nodes and enables the more efficient use of scares resources. In this work, we have proposed a hybrid clustering scheme which able to meet energy constraints of WSNs. It allows data transmission from sensor nodes to the sink with reasonable consumption of energy.