Research of cross-layer Design for multi-hops LEACH Routing protocol

Clustering algorithm is a important technique used to reduce energy consumption,which can increase network scalability and lifetime.The protocol of LEACH (low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy) is widely used in wireless sensor network.But it has the disadvantage of unbalanced load.Based on LEACH,a new load-balanced LEACH communication protocol (CM-LEACH) is proposed,a new protocol adopt cross-multi-hops algorithm that an optimal path is formed among cluster heads which lead to path.Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed approach is effective to balance the energy-consuming among clusters and prolong the network lifetime.