Research Article

EEHRT: Energy Efficient Technique for Handling Redundant Traffic in Zone-Based Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 1

Simulation setup.

Serial #TypeParametersValues

1NetworkSensing region600 × 600 m2
Node initial energy3000 mJ/battery
(Random 2.8J ~ 3J)
DeploymentRandom
Number of Zones10
Node Transmission Range100m
Distance between zones50m

2ApplicationData Packet100 bytes
Broadcast packet25 bytes
Packet header25 bytes
Beacon packet15 bytes
Carrier frequency2.4 e+ 9
NAV8 bits
Zone ID4 bits
Node ID4 bits
MAC protocolCSMA/CA (DCF)

3Timer values (Guard time)50 μs
(Listening time)500 μs
(Back-off time)500 μs
(α, β)(0.003, 0.001)