King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Abdulrahman Abu Elkhail

Uthman Baroudi

Hesham Alfares

A method, network system, and non-transitory computer readable medium that arrange a set of wireless mobile devices into a two-level clustering structure including a cluster in a first-level and a cluster in the second-level, based on node status registered and algorithm preinstalled in a back-end server, where each of the set of wireless mobile devices is assigned either one of a slave member of a cluster in the first-level, a master of a cluster in the first-level where the master is also a member of a cluster in the second-level, or a super master of a cluster in the second-level where a master of a cluster in the first-level is assigned as the super master. The two-level clustering structure is periodically updated. Only the super-masters are configured to communicate with the back-end server via a long-range connection to WLAN, while a short-range wireless interface is used for internal communications.

System and method for hierarchical clustering of wireless mobile network

A system and method for a sensor-based monitoring that includes a computer system, smart nodes, and an RFID reader device. The system collects data to measure health condition of a plurality of people at an event. The computer system determines candidate cluster heads with above average battery level. The smart nodes determine a subset of the candidate cluster heads that are within communication range, retrieve battery level of the determined subset of cluster heads, and select a cluster head having the highest battery level. The selected cluster head announces selection as the selected cluster head, receives requests to join a cluster, reads sensor data of the body sensor in each joined smart sensor as collective sensor data for the cluster, and sends the collective sensor data to the computer system via the RFID reader. Information is collected from smart nodes in an efficient manner for large-scale monitoring systems.

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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman Abu Elkhail