Wireless Sensor Networks is one of the most significant area of research where large number of sensor nodes that are distributed in a geographical area operate on limited battery power. As these networks, depending on the application, are sometimes deployed in in-hostile environment, which makes energy conservation one of the major challenge faced in WSN. To reduce energy consumption, clustering is considered to be the most efficient technique. This work proposes a new clustering approach that decreases energy consumption and results in prolonged network lifetime which is an important requirement for networks operating in inaccessible areas. In the proposed approach, heterogeneity is also implemented to increase the stability and energy efficiency of random networks. We have evaluated the efficiency of the proposed protocol through simulations and comparison is performed with well-known existing distributed protocols. Proposed approach shows efficient results in terms of the stability period for different network configurations and Base Station positions. Also, the results are found better in terms of number of alive nodes and network lifetime.

无线传感器网络是最重要的研究领域之一，其中分布在一个地理区域的大量传感器节点在有限的电池电量下运行。由于这些网络根据应用的不同，有时会部署在恶劣的环境中，这使得节能成为 WSN 面临的主要挑战之一。为了降低能耗，聚类被认为是最有效的技术。这项工作提出了一种新的聚类方法，可以降低能耗并延长网络寿命，这是在无法访问的区域中运行的网络的重要要求。在所提出的方法中，还实施了异构性以提高随机网络的稳定性和能源效率。我们通过模拟评估了所提出协议的效率，并与众所周知的现有分布式协议进行了比较。建议的方法在不同网络配置和基站位置的稳定期方面显示了有效的结果。此外，在活动节点的数量和网络生命周期方面发现结果更好。