Distributed Energy-Adaptive Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

The paper proposes a new clustering algorithm.To improve network lifetime and coverage rate,the algorithm takes account of both the distribution and remaining energy level of the nodes and introduces a mechanism to guarantee balanced energy-consumption.The simulation results show that the new algorithm effectively prolongs the network lifetime.The half node alive time of the network is twice longer than that of other algorithms,and load balance factor remains on the same level.