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An Energy Efficient and Trusted Data Fusion by using Cellular Automata in Wireless Sensor Networks

Authors:
Shaghayegh Jaberi
Amir Masoud Rahmani

Keywords: Wireless Sensor Network; Energy Efficient; Cellular Automata; Trust value; clustering.

Abstract:
Wireless sensor networks are becoming more and more common. One of the limitations of wireless sensor nodes is their inherent limited energy resource. Besides maximizing the lifetime of the sensor node, it is preferable to increase the trust value of data fusion results. In this paper, a new protocol is introduced, named EETDFCA (an Energy Efficient and Trusted Data Fusion by using Cellular Automata) in Wireless sensor Networks. EETDFCA uses cellular automata rule to find the most suitable cluster head, perform data fusion, find the most trusted neighbors for sending the fusion result to base station, and transforms from current state to a new state. The network is intended for the long-term monitoring of packets produced by jammer nodes. The data flow of the network is mainly toward a cluster head node, which is responsible for collecting data generated by sensor nodes. When the network is first deployed, an initialization algorithm is performed and preliminary clusters, cluster heads and sensors alive are determined. Simulations and results show that the algorithm can extend the lifetime of the wireless sensor network and boost trusted data fusion frequency.

Pages: 203 to 208

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: August 21, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4405

ISBN: 978-1-61208-144-1

Location: Nice/Saint Laurent du Var, France

Dates: from August 21, 2011 to August 27, 2011