Advances in Internet of Things, 2017, 7, 87-96 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ait ISSN Online: 2161-6825 ISSN Print: 2161-6817 DOI: 10.4236/ait.2017.73006 July 28, 2017 Mean Territorial Energy Based Clustering Protocol for Randomly Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks Rohit D. Gawade, Sanjay L. Nalbalwar Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, Raigad, Maharashtra, India Abstract Clustering algorithms can balance the power consumption of energy con- straint wireless sensor networks. This paper proposes a new clustering proto- col called Mean Territorial Energy Based Clustering Protocol (MTEP) for randomly deployed wireless sensor networks. In MTEP, cluster heads are se- lected according to residual energy and location information of a node in current round as well as mean territorial energy and total base station distance of node’s corresponding cluster territory in previous round. Energy consump- tion in conventional protocols becomes unbalanced because of clusters having different lengths. Proposed MTEP protocol addresses this problem by setting thresholds on cluster length and node to cluster head distance for producing equal length clusters. Simulation results show that MTEP protocol extends network lifetime and stability with reduction in energy dissipation compared to other clustering protocols such as LEACH and REAC. Keywords Cluster Head, Base Station, Clustering Protocol, Energy Efficiency, Network Lifetime 1. Introduction An infrastructure required for sensor consisting of sensing, computation, com- munication and power unit is provided by wireless sensor networks [1]. In wire- less sensor networks, thousands of sensors are densely deployed to monitor dif- ferent environmental conditions such as temperature, pressure, humidity and vibration etc. Wireless sensor networks have wide range of application areas such as Military, home automation, security and health [2]. The wireless sensor How to cite this paper: Gawade, R.D. and Nalbalwar, S.L. (2017) Mean Territorial Ener- gy Based Clustering Protocol for Randomly Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks. Ad- vances in Internet of Things, 7, 87-96. https://doi.org/10.4236/ait.2017.73006 Received: September 13, 2016 Accepted: July 25, 2017 Published: July 28, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access