Clustering Algorithms of Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey
Muhammad Noman Riaz · International Journal of Wireless and Microwave Technologies · 2018
In the recent few years the research on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and its variants have risen enormously.The researchers all across the globe are trying to develop a routing protocol that is energy efficient and provides adequate security level in data communication.One of the techniques the researchers use is Clustering of the sensor network.This technique inherently consumes less energy during data communication as the nodes have assigned a dedicated task to perform.A total of 35 clustering algorithms / protocols have been surveyed and comparison of these protocols based on the metrics like heterogeneity, clustering method, size of the cluster etc. have been presented.