ZigBee routing algorithm based on energy awareness and energy balance

Aiming at the problems of traditional ZigBee tree routing algorithm that node energy consumption is larger and faster because of heavy transmissions, an improved ZigBee tree routing algorithm based on energy awareness and energy balance was proposed. The neighbor table and energy balance strategy were introduced to make sure that the routing was locally optimal by considering energy consumption. The simulation results show that the energy consumption was reduced efficiently, node energy balance was achieved and the lifetime of node in the network was extended in this improved algorithm. © 2012 IEEE.