An Energy Efficient Data Transmission Approach in Smart IoT Systems

Improving energy efficiency and maximizing network longevity are two pressing issues in the Internet of Things (IoT) and wireless sensor networks (WSN). Clustering aids in enhancing energy efficiency and extending network life. A cluster head is selected in each cluster to collect and aggregate data from its cluster members. While electing appropriate nodes as cluster heads is important, associating nodes with the elected cluster heads is another component that can aid improve the network’s longevity. In this study, the authors proposed a new algorithm belonging to the family of local search problems for performing connection migration of nodes between different cluster heads. Furthermore, the simulation environment and the toolkit developed to evaluate several Cluster Head algorithms in this simulation environment have both been presented in detail.