WCDS-induced routing for data-aggregation in wireless sensor networks

Weakly connected dominating set-assisted ant-based routing protocol for wireless ad-hoc networks

“…Clustering nodes can reduce the complexity of message routing, and the concept of WCDS is very suitable for the formation of clusters. The authors of [21] proposed an energy-aware routing scheme based on a WCDS-induced clustering structure for data aggregation in the research related to wireless sensor networks. This approach reduces overall energy consumption and prolongs network lifetime by reducing the transmission energy required through data aggregation, traffic balancing and routing via nodes with more remaining energy.…”