Table 7 Control Overhead Comparison with Existing Protocols.
Protocol/Method | Control Operations | Control Overhead (%) | Energy Consumption Reduction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
LEACH | Periodic CH election, cluster advertisement | 12.8 | 10.5 |
EER-CGHHOA | Genetic-based CH selection, route updates | 10.6 | 26.1 |
HBWCO | Hybrid whale–coati optimization for routing | 9.4 | 29.2 |
Proposed SCS-EEF | Fuzzy-BIRCH clustering, FFO-CH selection, sleep–wakeup scheduling, TCN-BiGRU | 6.5 | 39.3 |