A new coverage improvement algorithm based on LEACH protocol

Abstract EN

-networks (WSNs) are used widely nowdays in many applications so it is desirable to improve their functionality, this can be done by overcoming over the drawbacks that may limit their performance.

Among these major drawbacks is the problem of the limited power supply since it is battery operated, many applications involve many other requirements besides energy keeping like gathering precise information and having active nodes in all parts in the network which can be referred as “network coverage”.

LEACH is one of the routing protocols in wireless sensor networks but it cannot provide many of the above mentioned requirements .

This paper presents a new algorithm which develops LEACH algorithm to improve the network coverage.

This algorithm is called Extended Area Coverage Enhancement (EACE) and it provide a solution to the absence of coverage in some of the network parts since there is no near cluster heads to perform the tasks of data gathering and transmitting.