[Pathak et. al., Vol.5 (Iss.2: SE): February, 2018] ISSN: 2454-1907 [Communication, Integrated Networks & Signal Processing-CINSP 2018] DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1202507 Http://www.ijetmr.com©International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research [240] ENERGY EFFICIENT ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR INCREASING LIFETIME OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK Tanya Pathak 1 , Vinay Kumar Singh 2 , Anurag Sharma 3 1 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Agra College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India 2 Anand Engineering College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India 3 Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Agra College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Abstract: In the recent years, an efficient design of a Wireless Sensor Network has become important in the area of research. The major challenges in the design of Wireless Sensor Network is to improve the network lifetime. The main difficulty for sensor node is to survive in that monitoring area for the longer time that means there is a need to increase the lifetime of the sensor nodes by optimizing the energy and distance. There are various existing routing protocols in which optimal routing can be achieved like Data-Centric, Hierarchical and Location-based routing protocols. In this paper, new power efficient routing protocol is being proposed that not only select the shortest path between the source node and sink node for data transmission but also maximizes the lifetime of the participating nodes by selecting the best path for sending the data packet across the network. The main objective of this research is to develop a faster algorithm to find the energy efficient route for Wireless Sensor Network. Simulation results shows that this strategy achieves long network lifetime when compared to the other standard protocols. Keywords: Wireless Sensor Network; Energy Efficient Routing Protocols; Energy Consumption; Network Lifetime. Cite This Article: Tanya Pathak, Vinay Kumar Singh, and Anurag Sharma. (2018). “ENERGY EFFICIENT ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR INCREASING LIFETIME OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK.” International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research, 5(2:SE), 240-248. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1202507. 1. Introduction Wireless Sensor Network is mainly considered as one of the most important technologies in the past centuries. WSN basically consists of a large number of low-power, low-cost and multifaceted sensor nodes which can perform several tasks like sensing, processing, wireless communications and computation capabilities [1, 2]. The sensor nodes communicate with other node within their communication range via a wireless medium and collaborate to achieve a common task in the field of military surveillance, environmental monitoring, industrial process control and other commercial areas. The basic methodology behind WSN is that the capabilities