Analysis of Energy-Efficient Clustering Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of a huge number of tiny, lesser-cost devices with higher sensing ranges, processing and transmitting abilities. Because the sensor nodes have restricted battery power, energy efficiency is a significant design problem. Clustering is a successful algorithm used to decrease energy usage and increase the lifetime of WSN. Clustering algorithms group similar nodes in independent clusters. Every cluster has at least one Cluster Head (CH). Nodes send packet information to particular CHs. CHs send information to the Base Station. The characteristics of the energy heterogeneity of WSNs must be measured when developing clustering protocols. The major objective of this article is to study a modern survey on several clustering protocols or algorithms reported in the literature on WSNs. The review article also presents a detailed survey of several clustering algorithms for solving energy efficiency problems in WSNs and also presents the issues and advantages of various clustering algorithms in WSNs. The traditional clustering algorithms are simulated broadly, and the results are compared with the existing algorithms to demonstrate their results in terms of network life, energy usage, and Packet Delivery Ratio.