Real-Time Implementation of Energy-Efficient Clustering Protocol in WSN

Hierarchical routing protocols are the most prominent energy-efficient routing protocol to attain longer life time in wireless sensor network. In the literature, many cluster-based routing protocols have been proposed by considering energy is the most important parameter. These techniques have been implemented using machine learning algorithms and simulated for approximated network model but not in real time scenarios. In this paper, we have implemented centralized clustering protocol in real time scenario and analyzed energy elapsed during different phases of the nodes. Texas Instruments CC2650 ultra-low power wireless microcontroller is used as target hardware platform and indoor environment monitoring as target application.