Scalable Uniformly-Distributed Clustering Mechanism for Sensor Networks

The energy of a sensor network decides how long it will be alive. Therefore, energy efficiency is the critical part of network survivability. The most energy-consuming action of a sensor network is considered as communication between nodes. For energy efficient communication, many research activities for clustering mechanisms have been conducted. But, selecting cluster heads, selecting cluster range and communication mechanism between clusters are not clearly defined, and they are not suitable for applying to practical network environments. So, in the paper, we try to solve these problems and apply a new clustering mechanism for more efficient energy usage in sensor networks.