Rahma Gantassi, Zaki Masood, Yonghoon Choi*
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.1, pp. 327-343, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.058143
- 03 January 2025
Abstract Wireless sensor network (WSN) technologies have advanced significantly in recent years. Within WSNs, machine learning algorithms are crucial in selecting cluster heads (CHs) based on various quality of service (QoS) metrics. This paper proposes a new clustering routing protocol employing the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) to locate the optimal path traversed by the Mobile Data Collector (MDC), in terms of energy and QoS efficiency. To be more specific, to minimize energy consumption in the CH election stage, we have developed the M-T protocol using the K-Means and the grid clustering algorithms. In addition, to improve More >