In this paper a methodology for adapting existing wireless ad hoc network protocols to power controlled networks is presented. Wireless nodes are assumed to have transmission power control with m discrete levels, and a clustering scheme is used in the adaptation to be energy efficient. Clusters are formed among the nodes in a distributed selforganized manner so that each node is a member of som...

To improve clustered communication architecture, in this work a prioritized clustering mechanism is defined. The prioritization is here provided under energy based analysis. The improved formed cluster is defined here with two cluster head. One cluster to control the communication for high energy nodes and other to control the communication for low energy nodes. The work includes a parametric a...

This article holistically maps the consumption patterns of older Americans and compares the economic status of different groups (clusters) of elderly U.S. consumers. Using data from the 2010–2011 Consumer Expenditure Survey, the analysis focuses on the consumption patterns of households whose heads or spouses were age 65 and over. Our factor and cluster analyses revealed six consumption cluster...

Because of the non-uniform cluster-head election in the classical clustering algorithm, some nodes maybe exhaust energy prematurely so that it is not fit for large-scale wireless sensor networks(WSNs). In this paper, a distributed clustering routing algorithm based on fuzzy weight attribute degree(FWAD) is proposed. The direct methodology of fuzzy engineering theory is adopted to assign relevan...

We propose a rapid cluster formation algorithm using a thinning technique : rC-MHP(rapid Clustering inspired from Matérn HardCore Process). In order to prove its performance, it is compared with a well known cluster formation heuristic: Max-Min. Experimental results show that rC-MHP outperforms Max-Min in terms of messages needed to choose the cluster head, cluster head maintenance and memory r...

Protecting the data from intruders and increasing the network lifetime is a major constraint in Wireless Sensor Network. The lifetime of the network is determined by the amount of energy consumed by each node. In order to increase the network lifetime and protect the data, the security based clustering algorithm is proposed. It construct the clusters to reduce the energy consumption among the s...