An Enhanced Efficient Leach Protocol (EELP) with Novel Cross Layer Technique to forward the Data Packets in Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks is one of the leading and broadening research areas by all the researchers since it has got its unique importance in day today’s life. This research paper proposed a novel protocol for efficient data forwarding, namely Enhanced Efficient Leach Protocol with Novel Cross-Layer Technique (EELP-NCLT), to forward the data in the WSN. In the proposed structure, the role of CH is shared by the nodes in the network so the utilization of energy is balanced among the nodes for energy harvesting. A node continues with data transmission to keep up the neutral operation to enhance network lifetime if it does not act as CH. To minimize the network's energy consumption, optimal number of clusters in the network is analyzed. Simulations carried on NS2 Simulator tool exhibit noticeable performance improvements in embracing with proposed EELP-NCLT protocol unlike the conventional scheme in terms of lifetime and network throughput, specifically in constrained conditions. To optimize the performance of relaying, a novel cross-layer TDMA method is additionally exhibited. The network protocol is investigated by considering the performance metrics such as data arrival rate, packet drop ratio, packet delivery ratio, energy consumption, network traffic, delay and network lifetime. The proposed protocol is compared with the baseline techniques. The result shows that the proposed protocol works better than the existing in terms of all performance metrics.