ABSTRACT
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are used for collection of data from the area of interest. WSNs deployment,
application requirement and nature of phenomena have an effect on the generation of data. The data generated
can be redundant and injection of redundant data into the network reduces the lifetime of energy constrained
WSNs. In this paper, we propose anefficient data reporting protocol (EDRP)which filters the redundant data and
thereby reduces the energy consumption of sensor nodes (SNs). EDRP can be tuned according to the application
requirements. Simulation results show that significant energy is saved by our proposed scheme. Effect of two
parameters (acceptable limit and Check) used by EDRP has also been analyzed. Simulation results show that
acceptable limit greatly effects the energy consumption of the nodes.
Keywords: - Data aggregation, Data reporting, Wireless sensor networks.