Research Article

Routing and Clustering of Sensor Nodes in the Honeycomb Architecture

Algorithm 1

Location of the honeycomb centers and the sinks.
Initialization:
k ⟵ 0;
;
β ⟵ 60°;
Begin
(1)While the sensing field is not fully cover by the virtual honeycombs do
(2)kk + 1;
(3)For p 1 to 6 do
(4)  ; /∗Determine the position of the primary centers∗/
(5)  ;
(6)  ; /∗Determine the position of the secondary centers from the second ring∗/
(7)  If do
(8)   For m 1 to k − 1 do
(9)    ;
(10)    ;
(11)   End for
(12)  End if
(13)End for
(14)End While
(15); /∗we get the number rings of the honeycomb clusters ∗//∗Determine the position of the sinks∗/
(16)For p 1 to 6 do
(17)kk + 1;
(18);
(19);
(20)End for
End