5. Conclusions
In this paper, we presented a novel way of saving energy by exploiting data fusion technology for WSNs. We designed an energy aware routing based on MSDF, which can fuse the data at the fusion centre and is able to deliver better results based on the ACO techniques for WSN with probability of route selection based on pheromone and left-over energy.
The simulation results proved better residual energy, requirement of lesser communication energy, better packet delivery ratio and prolongation of overall network lifetime with MSDF as compared with LEACH. Thus, our proposed method is more energy efficient; it saves a lot of energy and ultimately prolongs the network lifetime.