Weights-Based Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Network Protocol with Firefly Synchronization for Illegal Logging
Giva Andriana Mutiara, Othman Mohd, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Nanna Suryana, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Ahmad Naim Che Pee, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka · International journal of intelligent engineering and systems · 2021
An effort to minimize illegal logging by utilizing advanced technology such as Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) are highly required.WSN is a communication solution between remote sensors located in isolated wide forest areas.However, the WSN challenge in a remote and wide-area has the energy resources limitation.This research proposed a weights-based energy-efficient WSN data communication protocol with firefly synchronization, namely Firefly Synchronization Multi-hop -Geographical Energy-Aware Routing (FSM-GEAR) Protocol.This protocol aimed to increase the network lifetime of each node by shortening the transmission distance.Firefly synchronization between sensors is conducted to reduce the data transmission waiting time.A weights-based approach in cluster head (CH) selection phases and energy consumption analysis are formulated according to the comparison between nearest distance to Gateway and the maximum residual energy of each node based on received signal strength indicator (RSSI).Weights-based FSM-GEAR performance analysis is carried out based on the parameters of network lifetime, residual energy, and throughput with the Modified-GEAR and enhanced Modified-GEAR protocols as a comparison.The simulation result stated that FSM-GEAR protocol showed better network lifetime, residual energy, and throughput than both protocols.