A Markov Process-based Opportunistic Trust Factor Estimation Mechanism for Efficient Cluster Head Selection and Extending the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks

Sengathir Janakiraman,G Nivedhitha,S Devi,S Padmavathi,M Priya,G Sandhya

doi:10.4108/eai.13-1-2021.168093

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The lifetime of a sensor network completely relies on the potentialities of the utilized Cluster Head (CH) selection scheme that aids in building efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Most of the existing CH selection approaches use an impractical condition which mainly emphasizes that the nodes that are trustworthy and highly energy competitive have better likelihood of being selected as CHs. OBJECTIVES: In this paper, a Markov Process-based Opportunistic Trust Factor Estimation Mechanism (MPOTFEM) is proposed for achieving optimal CH selection that enhances the possibility of maintaining network lifetime and energy stability in the network. METHODS: MPOTFEM is proposed for ensuring efficient CH selection and thereby enhancing the lifetime of WSNs. The proposed MPOTFEM incorporates the merits of Markov process for computing the Opportunistic and Trust factors that assesses the maximum likelihood of nodes with the possibility of being selected as the CH by exploring multiple transition states of nodes in the networks. RESULTS: The results of the propounded MPOTFEM confirm to be significant in improving the network longevity by 39.21% with minimized energy consumption of 34.82% when compared to the baseline CH election mechanisms taken for analysis. CONCLUSION: The results prove that MPOTFEM is better when compared to the benchmarked CH selection schemes in terms of network lifespan and energy stability.

Highlights

The lifetime of a sensor network completely relies on the potentialities of the utilized Cluster Head (CH) selection scheme that aids in building efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
The results prove that Markov Process-based Opportunistic Trust Factor Estimation Mechanism (MPOTFEM) is better when compared to the benchmarked CH selection schemes in terms of network lifespan and energy stability
The performance of the proposed and the benchmarked schemes is estimated in terms of Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), Failure Rate, mean rate of malicious modes to be selected as CH and average Delay for varying percentages of malicious nodes

Summary

Introduction

The lifetime of a sensor network completely relies on the potentialities of the utilized Cluster Head (CH) selection scheme that aids in building efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). More number of clustering algorithms are available in the literature using random or probabilistic CH election mechanisms to mainly focus on the energy balance which in turn improves network lifetime (Priya et al 2020; Janakiraman & Priya 2020). At this juncture, the problem definition is presented as follows: Given a set of sensor nodes deployed in the network with predefined energy levels, the problem is to focus on the selection of CH nodes that aid in the clustering process wherein multiple clusters are formed with maximized energy level and optimized inter and intra-cluster distance between them

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