Real-time implementation and evaluation of the LEACH protocol by PROWLER Simulator

LEACH is one of the famous hierarchical wireless sensor network protocols to prolong the network life cycle. Many changes have been made since the introduction of LEACH for more energy efficient consumption. However, there are few that deal with real-time network performance. In this article, a real-time implementation and evaluation of the LEACH protocol was presented to study the channel impact on the network performances. The simulation results by PROWLER simulator, show that LEACH has better real-time performance compared to direct protocols: Span tree, AODV and Flood 2D.