Multi-QoS constraint multipath routing in cluster-based wireless sensor network

Abstract

Achieving the best quality as per user requirement is one of the important challenges in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) containing numerous sensor nodes with limited battery power. The time-critical applications in WSN demand energy-efficient and reliable transmission of data with limited resource availability. To resolve these issues, our proposed optimal cluster head selection method choose node as CH subjected to minimal end-to-end delay and congestion index. The nodes with maximum remaining energy, not being subjected to delay and heavy traffic have been selected as a cluster head (CH) for the next round. The Inter-cluster routing path constructed based on energy, delay, and congestion index cost function to achieve aggregated bandwidth through the establishment of multipath. MQoScMR supports adaptive CH and path selection, tuning QoS parameter according to application requirement. The technique proposed outperforms when compared with the existing protocol in terms of minimized energy consumption, delay, packet drop ratio, and high throughput.