Abstract

Compressive sensing (CS) is an emerging theory thatis based on the fact that a small number of linear projections of asparse data contains enough information for reconstruction. CScan break through the asymmetry between the data acquisitionand information processing that makes a great challenge to therestriction energy and computation consumption of the sensornodes. In this paper, we propose a routing protocol called SEPCSfor clustered wireless sensor networks (WSNs) using CS. SEPCScombines a new clustering strategy with CS theory for prolongingstability period and network lifetime in WSNs. Our simulationresults show that the proposed protocol can effectively prolongthe stability period and network lifetime compared with existingprotocols.