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	%0 Journal Article
	%A Sungju Lee and  Jangsoo Lee  and  Hongjoong Sin and  Seunghwan Yoo and  Sanghyuck Lee and  Jaesik Lee and  Yongjun Lee and Sungchun Kim
	%D 2008
	%J International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 24, 2008
	%T An Energy-Efficient Distributed Unequal Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6478
	%V 24
	%X The wireless sensor networks have been extensively
deployed and researched. One of the major issues in wireless sensor
networks is a developing energy-efficient clustering protocol.
Clustering algorithm provides an effective way to prolong the lifetime
of a wireless sensor networks. In the paper, we compare several
clustering protocols which significantly affect a balancing of energy
consumption. And we propose an Energy-Efficient Distributed
Unequal Clustering (EEDUC) algorithm which provides a new way of
creating distributed clusters. In EEDUC, each sensor node sets the
waiting time. This waiting time is considered as a function of residual
energy, number of neighborhood nodes. EEDUC uses waiting time to
distribute cluster heads. We also propose an unequal clustering
mechanism to solve the hot-spot problem. Simulation results show that
EEDUC distributes the cluster heads, balances the energy
consumption well among the cluster heads and increases the network
lifetime.
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