Performance Optimization of Forward Aware Factor -Energy Balanced Routing Protocol In Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of a large number of wireless sensor nodes. Since wireless sensor nodes are battery powered devices, they have limited processing and transmission power. In order to transmit sensing data to receiver effectively, it is important to design a routing protocol for WSNs. Since energy conservation is a key issue in WSNs, data aggregation should be exploited in order to save energy. In this case, redundant data can be aggregated at intermediate nodes reducing the size and number of exchanged messages and, thus, decreasing communication costs and energy consumption. This paper propose a Forward Aware Factor-Energy Balanced Routing Method (FAF-EBRM). In the experiments, this method is compared with LEACH. Experimental results show that this method FAF-EBRM outperforms LEACH, which balances the energy consumption, prolongs the network function lifetime and provides the best aggregation quality . Keywords: forward aware factor(FAF), Energy balance, Routing, Wireless sensor networks(WSNs).