LEACH IN MULTI-AGENT HYBRID ROBOT ARCHITECTURES

In the last decade research in wireless sensor networks has drawn attention due to the advantage regarding surveillance of phenomena's in different backgrounds. The life extension of networks, scalability and balance of recharging are just a few important parameters for wireless sensor networks. Grouping the nodes is an efficient technique to obtain such results. In this paper we will introduce an algorithm for energy efficiency in node groups based on a LEACH protocol. LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy) is one of the most known solutions of node grouping in the last decade being proposed for any type of wireless sensor networks. LEACH protocols use TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) based on a MAC protocol which optimizes the energy consumption. The proposed protocol will be used in a simulation program. As we can observe in the accompanying results, there is a slight reduction of energy consumption compared to the classical protocols.