Efficient data aggregation with node clustering and extreme learning machine for WSN

Abstract

Wireless sensor network is effective for data aggregation and transmission in IoT environment. Here, the sensor data often contain a significant amount of noises or redundancy exists, and thus, the data are aggregated to extract meaningful information and reduce the transmission cost. In this paper, a novel data aggregation scheme is proposed based on clustering of the nodes and extreme learning machine (ELM) which efficiently reduces redundant and erroneous data. Mahalanobis distance-based radial basis function is applied to the projection stage of the ELM to reduce the instability of the training process. Kalman filter is also used to filter the data at each sensor node before transmitted to the cluster head. Computer simulation with real datasets shows that the proposed scheme consistently outperforms the existing schemes in terms of clustering accuracy of the data and energy efficiency of WSN.