Bachelor Thesis

My final year project was to research and analyze energy efficient hierarchical routing protocols in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) under the supervision of Dr. Nadeem Javaid. The title of the project was “Analysis of Energy Efficient Hierarchical Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks”. An energy efficient routing protocol is the major concern for researcher in the area of WSNs. We proposed multiple energy efficient hierarchical models that were enhanced version of the conventional LEACH protocol. We compared various extended LEACH protocols and addressed how different issues in LEACH get resolved in extended versions that we had simulated. Our thesis analytically compared the features and performance issues of each hierarchal routing protocol. We simulated selected routing protocols to present the performance enhancement achieved by improved routing protocols. (PDF)