Energy Efficient Routing in Clustered Cooperative Communication Protocol for Wireless Underground Sensor Networks

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10.2991/978-94-6239-654-8_67How to use a DOI?

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Packet delivery; channel modeling; cooperative communication; and underground wireless sensor networks

Abstract

The term Wireless Underground Sensor Networks (WUSNs) describes a collection of nodes operating beneath the surface of the earth that are expected to provide current observation capabilities in hostile subversive and submerged environments. Accurate monitoring in non-conventional media, such as subterranean soil, water, lubricants, etc., requires highly accurate tiny sensors with similar-sized antennae. Thus, research is required to examine the benefits and limitations of using WUSNs without sacrificing the efficiency of real-time monitoring protocols. Therefore, the main challenge is to establish a reliable underground communication system despite the complicated environment, which has substantial challenges such high path loss and limited communication range when penetrating the surfaces of dirt, sand, water, and oil. However, because of the subsurface communication, it recognizes continuously changing channel deeds, except on or after high pathway failure. It has proven difficult to address the issues of designing cluster-based cooperative communication protocols for sensors in non-conventional media in order to increase the network’s lifetime and energy efficiency. The purpose of the research is to focus on these issues in order to propose a new cooperative communication channel model that takes into consideration the characteristics of tera-hertz electromagnetic wave propagation in the subterranean sensor network. Additionally, by improving lifetime, throughput, packet loss, successful packet delivery, and energy utilization, the work focuses on developing an energy-efficient Clustered Cooperative communication protocol (CCNU) for underground sensor networks. This will result in increased reliability and efficient use of spectrum. Better communication channel modeling for monitoring, intrusion detection, exploration, and sensing would be the result of this proposal.

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AU  - K. Sathiya Priya
AU  - C. Rajabhushanam
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/04/24
TI  - Energy Efficient Routing in Clustered Cooperative Communication Protocol for Wireless Underground Sensor Networks
BT  - Proceedings of the Global Conference on Sustainable Energy Systems, Smart Electronics and Intelligent Computing (GCSESEIC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 863
EP  - 874
SN  - 2352-5401
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-654-8_67
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