TY  - JOUR
T1  - Energy Balanced Self-Configuring Sensor Networks
AU - , Kazi M. Sakib AU - , Zahir Tari AU - , Ibrahim Khalil 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 7
IS  - 9
SP  - 408
EP  - 415
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2008.408.415
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2008.408.415
KW  - Sensor network
KW  -SEN
KW  -NEN
KW  -ASCENT
KW  -self-configuring
AB  - Like other distributed systems, unattended sensor networks need to be balanced, especially energy balanced. Lifetime of a sensor network can be maximized if a balanced network is formed. In this research, we characterize nodes based on their residual energy levels and distribute tasks according to a node’s capability to balance energy over the network. We characterize a node as SEN, when that node is having sufficient energy to perform additional responsibilities other than its own sensing task. Otherwise, we characterize a node as NEN, when that node is having only a small amount of energy to perform its own tasks. Every node starts as SEN and at some point it becomes NEN based on a predefined threshold value. Thus, the nodes are protected from the early exhaustions. A virtual self-configuring clustering technique is also developed to rotate the tasks among nodes. We apply our approach to a simulation environment and the results justify our assertion.
ER  -