Energy Efficient (EECP) Clustered Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network

Energy Conservation and prolonging the life of Wireless Sensor Network is one of the major issues in the wireless sensor network as sensor nodes are highly energy constrained devices. Many routing protocols have been proposed for sensor network, especially cluster based routing protocols. Cluster based routing protocols are best known for its energy efficiency, network stability and for increasing the life time of the sensor network. Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) is one of the fundamental protocols in this class. In this research paper we propose a new energy efficient cluster based protocol (EECP) for single hop heterogeneous wireless sensor network to increase the life of a sensor network. Our sensor protocol use the distance of the sensor from the sink as the major issue for the selection of a cluster in the sensor network. Keywords— Wireless Sensor Network, Cluster, Energy Efficiency, Heterogeneous network, Cluster, Gateway