Energy Efficient Routing Algorithm with Mobile Sink Assistance in Wireless Sensor Networks

In recent years, WSNs have been a hot topic. To simplify, imagine a network of several sensors that are autonomously structured and work together to gather, process, and communicate data about targets to a far-off control room. As the sensor nodes in a WSN are in charge of relaying data from the source to the destination, it is crucial that this process be carried out in an energy-efficient manner in order to keep the network operational. The installation of a mobile sink node, which may move along predetermined paths, can successfully mitigate this issue by causing hot spot nodes to be more uniformly distributed. In this study, we provide a routing scheme that minimizes energy consumption by using clustering and washbasin mobility. We cluster the entire network and investigate how many mobile sinks have an effect on the longevity of the network. Our simulation findings reveal that the optimal number of mobile sinks, in terms of network performance, is around 4.