NSMTSEP: Neighbor Supported Modified Threshold Sensitive Stable Election Protocol for WSN

Abstract

The way by which we select a cluster head critically affects the overall futuristic structure in the network. Cluster head wastes more energy for long distance transmission in the network. Sometimes, due to incomplete information of neighbor nodes, a proper cluster head is not selected and deplete energy quickly. This paper, presents a clustering protocol (NSMTSEP) based on neighbor support. Support of the neighbor node is used to calculate the threshold. Neighbor nodes are labeled based on dynamically changing parameters. The total energetic value of different nodes, cluster heads degree, the summative information of distances of member nodes, etc. is dynamically changing parameters. The label of a node is used to calculate the weight of that particular node. Weight is finally used to formulate equations for threshold calculation. The fundamental target is to increase the stable time, throughput, and network lifespan by reducing the cost incurred in intra-cluster communication. Neighbor supported labeled method is suitable for increasing longevity in the network. NSMTSEP upgrades stability by 8.6%, 36.9% as compared to enhanced threshold sensitive stable election protocol (ETSSEP) and threshold sensitive stable election protocol (TSEP). NSMTSEP is three times more stable than stable election protocol (SEP) and low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy protocol (LEACH). Improvement in the lifespan of NSMTSEP is recorded by 11.98%, 3.43% and 24.9% over ETSSEP, TSEP, and LEACH respectively whereas more than twice in comparison with SEP. The throughput enhanced by 32.2% and 55.7% respectively over TSEP and LEACH, twice over SEP and ETSSEP respectively.