Hierarchical Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey and its Comparison

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Hierarchical Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey and its
Comparison
S. Dhivya
Department Of CSE
Velalar College of Engineering and Technology
Erode, India
dhivyasakthi1994@gmail.com
N. Jayanthi
Department Of CSE
Velalar College of Engineering and Technology
Erode, India
njayanthi1979@gmail.com
Abstract— In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), profound research articles are presented to address the hierarchical routing protocols which
reduce the energy consumption of sensor nodes and also prolong the life of the network. The state of art of this research article focus on the
survey of different hierarchical routing protocols which is utilized to efficiently deliver the sensed data from source to sink node. This article
presents a detailed survey on major clustering techniques LEACH, SEP, PEGASIS, and TEEN. Also, this article strongly examines about the
advantages and limitations of each hierarchical routing protocol with its recent research issues. Finally, the paper concludes with some of the
research issues in hierarchical routing protocols of wireless sensor networks.
Keywords - Routing protocol; Wireless sensor network; Clustering; Energy consumption; Network lifetime
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I. INTRODUCTION
WSN consists of numerous battery powered Sensor
node which normally operates in unattended mode. Since
sensor nodes are limited with energy and, computational
power, a lot of research is ongoing to design various routing
algorithms that enhance the performance by considering
single or multiple metrics. Designing a new routing protocol
for wireless sensor networks are analyzed and presented the
surveys [1-3], in various literature. This article presents the
overview of hierarchical routing protocols with respect to
the performance factors considered for selecting the cluster
head and mobility support. Normally clustering techniques
fall into two categories: Based on communication range and
partitioning method to form clusters. Intra clustering and
inter clustering falls in the first category. Based on method
of Partitioning, it is classified as
• Hierarchical
• Density-based
• Grid-based
• Model-based
Protocol operation and network structure are the
two types of routing protocols. Hierarchical based routing
protocols are examined in this paper. It is used to lower
retransmission of data, strong scalability and high
robustness [4]. To improve the system lifetime, hierarchical
routing protocols support data collection, network scalability
and also decreases data delay. In wireless sensor networks,
several clusters are formed due to network partition. Each
cluster has several nodes and that nodes send its information
to the cluster head. Cluster head used to gather and
aggregate the data from nodes and forward that data to sink
node in clustering routing protocols [5]. The various
hierarchical routing protocols based on clustering methods
are LEACH, SEP, PEGASIS, and TEEN.
II. RELATED WORKS
A.LEACH [LOW ENERGY ADAPTIVE CLUSTERING
HIERARCHY] PROTOCOL
The LEACH algorithm is the most widely used
clustering algorithm in wireless sensor networks. In order to
reduce energy consumption of sensor nodes, the algorithm
uses the random rotation method for cluster head selection
in LEACH protocol. A number of variants for LEACH
protocol have been proposed in the wireless sensor
networks. The phases of LEACH protocol operation are the
set-up phase and the steady-state phase. In set-up phase, the
selection of cluster head and formation of cluster and also
assignment of TDMA schedule are performed. The cluster
formation is done based on centralized, distributed and
hybrid. The cluster head selection is performed based on
deterministic, random and probabilistic schemes. In steady-
state phase, data transmission made based on inter or intra
cluster communications. The cluster head transmits data to
the sink using TDMA schedule [6]. The routing protocol in
wireless sensor network for energy efficiency is multipath
LEACH, which is used to reduce energy consumption and
control overheads. The whole network is divided into
clusters and each cluster will have a cluster head, which
receives data from each nodes in the clusters and transmit
that data to the sink. Multipath LEACH uses a number of
paths to efficiently deliver data from source to destination
[7].
LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Clustering
Hierarchy) protocol, which has been proposed in wireless

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sensor networks is a dynamic clustering method. The
protocol LEACH-I (Improved LEACH algorithm) has aided
facility that it reduces the consumption of the network
resource as compared to LEACH algorithm in each round.
The proposed protocol simulation and the result shows a
significant reduction in energy consumption as compared to
LEACH. Our major focus is based on maximizing node-
degree that is defined as the number of alive nodes that lie
within the transmission range of a given node is more as
compare to LEACH algorithm [8].
Q-LEACH (Quadrant Cluster based LEACH) used
to enhance the network lifetime by partitioning the network
into four quadrants and then the cluster head selection is
done [9]. Sec-LEACH is used to protect the network from
different types of attacks also it provides better energy
consumption in wireless sensor network [10].
LEACH-Mobile (LEACH-M), is one of the
variants in LEACH, that supports node mobility and uses
TDMA schedule. In clustering, the non-CH nodes, the CH
node, and the sink can be mobile. High control overheads
may lead to increase in energy consumption in LEACH-M.
While clustering the reliability of member nodes are not
considered. Framing the clusters continuously at each time
will offer maximum overhead in the cluster setup [11].
In sensor networks, cluster node sends its
information to the cluster head and the cluster head directly
sends data to the base station as shown in Figure 1. The
node which is selected as a cluster head in each cluster sends
its information and location to other nodes that it has been
elected as a cluster head. From which all nodes forward its
data to cluster head directly.
Figure 1. LEACH CLUSTER MODE
ADVANTAGES
The main advantages of LEACH protocol are
 Clustering concept is used to increase the lifetime
of the network. It makes very less communication
between the member nodes and the sink.
 Single hop communication and multi-hop
communication is used in LEACH protocol to
efficiently deliver data from cluster head and sink.
 It is one of the most widely used efficient
hierarchical routing protocols in wireless sensor
networks.
DISADVANTAGES
 More energy is required to transmit data from
cluster head to sink. When the cluster head is far
away from the sink node in steady-state phase.
 Single hop communication will lead to energy
dissipation and the lifetime of the networks are
degraded.
 The network robustness will be affected while
choosing the cluster head randomly. Based on high
and low energy, CH election is done. The nodes
will die when cluster head is chosen based on low
energy.
B.SEP (STABLE ELECTION PROTOCOL)
SEP is used to select Cluster Head based on
weighted election probabilities. In sensor networks, it
captures the energy imbalance. It has normal and advanced
nodes. The advanced node makes SEP yield longer stability
region than other hierarchical routing protocols. Stable
Election Protocol is a heterogeneous protocol [12]. SEP
works based on three levels of heterogeneity. They are
normal nodes, advanced nodes, and intermediate nodes. The
cluster head is selected based on probabilistic method. The
energy imbalance is captured in the network [13].
In order to balance the network load and also to
prolong the network lifetime, SEP-E has been proposed. To
choose reasonable cluster head, the scheme initially selects
an initial cluster head and redundant cluster head are in
every cluster at each round. The node which has higher
remaining energy and least mean distance is chosen as
cluster head of current round [14].
In Z-SEP (Zonal SEP), the clustering technique is
used to send data from nodes to sink node. It improves the
stability period and throughput than other hierarchical
protocols such as LEACH, SEP and extended SEP. To
transmit the data received from nodes to sink two techniques
are used. They are
• Direct communication
• Transmission through Cluster Head
System lifetime is short, in the field of the
weighted probability for normal and advance nodes [15].
ADVANTAGES
 The cluster formation is best in SEP with three
level of heterogeneity also more stable than other
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 The network topology is efficiently organized in
heterogeneous wireless sensor networks.
 It does not require any global knowledge of energy
at each selection round.
DISADVANTAGES
 SEP performs very poor in multilevel
heterogeneous wireless sensor networks.
 When the election of cluster head is not dynamic,
the nodes that are far away from powerful nodes
will die.
 Maximization of sensor node life makes network
stable.
C.TEEN (THRESHOLD SENSITIVE ENERGY EFFICIENT
SENSOR NETWORK PROTOCOL)
TEEN is a homogeneous wireless sensor network and
also designed for time-critical applications. The two
threshold values broadcasted by cluster head, in forming the
clusters are
 Soft threshold
 Hard threshold
The information is transmitted in both the hard mode and
soft mode threshold values. In the system, it does not have
the capacity to recognize the number of nodes is alive or
dead. It is based on information-driven method. To develop
the cluster head, the TEEN protocol depends on LEACH
protocol. The performance metric is based on delay,
throughput, and packet delivery ratio [16].
APTEEN (Adaptive Threshold Sensitive Energy Efficient
Sensor Network protocol) is an extension to TEEN. It not
only reacts to time-critical events but also to the capturing of
the network at periodic intervals. When the clusters are
formed by the sink, the cluster heads broadcast the threshold
values, the attributes and the schedule of transmission to all
nodes. In order to reduce energy consumption, cluster head
performs data aggregation.
The user requests the data from the network in the form
of historical, to view past data values, one-time, to take the
snapshot view of the network and persisted to monitor an
event for a period of time and employed in the hybrid
network. The cluster collects and aggregates data received
from nodes and transmit that data to sink. It periodically
changes not only cluster members but also the cluster head
for saving more energy. The reclustering is done
periodically to enable another active node for cluster head
selection [17].
EX-APTEEN (EXTENDED APTEEN) is same as
APTEEN. It has some features like backup node detection
and improved TDMA schedule. Compare to TEEN, it yields
better performance and also have security policies [18].
ADVANTAGES
 The soft threshold in APTEEN prevents from the
redundant data.
 Like TEEN, proactive policies and reactive policies
are merged by APTEEN.
 For reactive policies, more changes are done in the
sensed attributes.
DISADVANTAGES
 It is more complex when it is needed to implement
threshold functions and the count time.
 In multiple levels, cluster formation yields more
complexity and overhead.
 The data transmission is done only by cluster head
if the communication range does not seem, and
then the data vanish.
D.PEGASIS (POWER-EFFICIENT GATHERING IN
SENSOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS) PROTOCOL
In the network, it is based on chain formation of
sensor nodes. Each node in clusters communicates with its
nearest neighbor node to create a chain structure. To reduce
energy consumption, each node transmits its information to
the sink. PEGASIS uses multi-hop transmission and
outperforms better than LEACH [19].
The two objectives are:
 The network lifetime is increased and energy
consumption is reduced.
 In the network, the data that are passed to the
neighboring node make to reduce bandwidth
consumption.
IEEPB (Improved Energy Efficient PEGASIS
Based routing protocol) is an improved version of EEPB. It
has mainly three stages to actualize the round operation such
as
 Chain arrangement
 Selection of the head node
 Communication stage
PEGASIS is an optimal chain based protocol for
extending network lifetime. There is no need of cluster head,
node directly communicates with its nearest neighbors and
the data are forwarded to the sink [20].
ADVANTAGES
 In the network, uniformly energy load distribution
is done.
 It is a homogeneous network and not need cluster
head for data aggregation.
 The information aggregation is done in chain
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DISADVANTAGES
 Power consumption is maximum and network
lifetime is also high in PEGASIS.
 It uses multi-hop communication between the node
and the sink. But, far range communication; it will
need more energy consumption.
 It performs better than LEACH, but is not scalable
and uses a greedy algorithm.
III. RECENT RESEARCH ISSUES
Wireless sensor networks are the most developing area
in the sensing technology field. Also, an issue arises in the
node communication, when the energy becomes low. If the
node generation is done there is no way of replacement of
batteries. The research issues mainly focus on reducing
energy consumption and increase in network lifetime. The
research domains in LEACH protocol is based on harvesting
techniques [21], round length [22], 3D scenarios [23],
Mobility [24], scalability [25], Heuristic and metaheuristic
optimization techniques [26], Fault tolerance management
[27] , security. SPINs [28], SLEACH [29], SecLEACH [30]
are based on security LEACH. The numerous improved
algorithms based on PEGASIS are PEG-ant [31], EEPB
[32], and IEEPB [33]. Mobility in wireless sensor networks
is an important research issue. Compared to static sensor
networks, mobility in wireless sensor networks are more
adaptable to fast topology changes. Exploitation is not
possible in LEACH variants. The new ideas in mobility
WSN is identified to be mobile base station and cluster
heads [34 -35].
TABLE I. COMPARISON TABLE FOR DIFFERENT HIERARCHICAL PROTOCOLS
LEACH SEP TEEN PEGASIS
Classification Hierarchical Hierarchical Hierarchical Hierarchical
Data aggregation Yes Yes Yes No
Power consumption High Maximum High Maximum
Mobility Stationary Stationary Stationary Stationary
Location based No No No Yes
Network lifetime High High Less Very high
Security No No No No
Application type Health monitoring
Re-energization of
sensor networks
Home/office Health monitoring
Homogeneous/Heterogeneous Homogeneous Heterogeneous Homogeneous Homogeneous
IV CONCLUSION
In this paper, different hierarchical routing protocol
techniques are discussed. The LEACH, SEP, PEGASIS,
and TEEN are used to load balance and uniform energy
dissipation in sensor networks. The different hierarchical
routing protocol comparison is shown in Table I. In this
survey, routing protocol has been discussed with its
advantages and drawbacks and also with its recent research
issues. Also, the mobility concept is discussed in this
survey.
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