LECOMP: Low Energy COnsumption Mesh Protocol in WSN

Abstract

LECOMP is a mesh network protocol that is focused on minimizing bat tery consumption of nodes in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). This paper is a improvement of a first approach [1] which proposes a method to extend the life time and the reliability in a WSN balancing transmissions saving energy throughout different nodes in order to consume homogeneously nodes’ batteries, and taking into account distances and hops of routes. First, a central node analyzes messages from nodes during a training period to determine new routing rules for each sensor. Second, the server configures the network adding the computed rules to the nodes. Third, central server can reconfigure the network routes when new balance of load is needed