Q - LEACH: AN ENERGY EFFICIENT CLUSTER BASED ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Wireless Sensor Networks is type of interacting and calculating, where a node may be self - powered and discrete node have the proficiency to intellect and interconnect. Because sensors have restricted battery power, energy efficient routing is vital. In this report, we present a new sensor routing scheme Q - LEACH[1] that conglomerates the Q - DIR[3] proto col and clustering model in LEACH protocol. Quadrant Based Directional Routing Protocol (Q - DIR) which integrates dissimilar methods via location based routing, restricted flooding. Q - DIR margins the broadcasting region to a quadrant where the destination n ode and source node sited. The location information of the destination node, the source node and the current node is used by the Q - DIR. With Q - DIR as a reactive routing protocol routing overhead will be reduced and subsequently reduces total network power consumption through limited flooding .Leach is one of the fundamental protocols in the clustering technique hierarchical routing protocols that can be used for hindering the energy consumed in gathering and distributing data. The report will be concluded b y mentioning the observations made from scrutiny of results about these protocols.