Modeling Energy Consumption in Open-Source MATLAB-Based WSN Environments for the Simulation of Cluster Head Selection Protocols.
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| Title: | Modeling Energy Consumption in Open-Source MATLAB-Based WSN Environments for the Simulation of Cluster Head Selection Protocols. |
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| Authors: | Chodorek, Agnieszka1 (AUTHOR), Chodorek, Robert Ryszard2 (AUTHOR) chodorek@agh.edu.pl, Sitek, Pawel1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Energies (19961073). Apr2026, Vol. 19 Issue 8, p1824. 37p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Energy consumption, *Network routing protocols, *Wireless sensor networks, *Open source software |
| Reviews & Products: | MatLab (Computer software) |
| Abstract: | Wireless sensor networks using battery-powered, low-cost sensors, due to their non-rechargeability and strictly limited energy resources, are more sensitive to energy efficiency than other networks of this type. Clustered wireless sensor networks address this problem. In these networks, the most energy-intensive communication, i.e., a long-range one, is carried out via designated nodes, called cluster head nodes, while other cluster nodes communicate with their cluster heads. Cluster head node selection is handled by appropriate routing protocols, and newly designed protocols are first tested in simulations. Among the simulators of cluster head selection protocols, those implemented in a MATLAB environment play an important role, and among these, those implementing a first-order radio model to estimate the energy cost of transmission, both at the transmitter and at the receiver, play a particularly important role. This paper presents and discusses the energy aspects of MATLAB-based open-source wireless sensor network environments that employ the first-order radio model for the simulation of cluster head selection protocols. Current MATLAB-based open-source simulators of cluster head selection protocols were inventoried and analyzed. The review results showed that the first-order radio model had been used in its classic form for years, with the same default parameters. Although the simulators were written using different programming paradigms, precluding simple copy-and-paste, the first-order radio model was generally similar. However, there were exceptions to this rule. A hard exception is the simulator for a body-area wireless sensor network, which only implements a version of the first-order radio model specific to that environment. Soft exceptions are two simulators of the popular cluster head selection protocol, which implemented only half the functionality of the classic first-order radio model. On the one hand, this demonstrates both the widespread use of a conservative approach to the model, which ensures relatively easy repeatability of simulation results, and, on the other hand, the flexibility of the model, which allows its extension to other environments. Finally, the limitations of the model are presented and directions for future research are indicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Database: | Energy & Power Source |
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