IAE-CRP – Improved Ant Optimization with ECC-based Clustered Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network

The speedy improvement in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology leads to various applications such as smart cities, industrial applications, and health care. Energy efficiency is one of the leading challenges in WSN because the major constraints for the process of communication are the routing protocol and energy efficiency. A new approach has been introduced to enhance network performance and quality, an improved Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO) with Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) mechanism-based Clustered Routing Protocol for WSN. The major sections of the protocol are LEACH-based CH selection, Ant Colony Optimisation, and ECC mechanism. The protocol offers improved results in optimal path finding and wormhole attack protection. Simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme yields superior performance metrics in terms of Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), network throughput, energy consumption, and security overhead.