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Wireless Sensor Network, 2012, 4, 273-280 /10.4236/wsn.2012.411039 Published Online November 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/wsn) SCHS: Smart Cluster Head Selection Scheme for Clustering Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks 1 2 3 Vipin Pal , Girdhari Singh , Rajender Prasad Yadav 1Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India 2Computer Engineering Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India 3Vice-Chancellor, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, India Email: vipinrwr@, girdharisingh@, rp_yadav@ Received September 29, 2012; revised October 27, 2012; accepted November 4, 2012 ABSTRACT Wireless sensor networks are energy constraint networks. Energy efficiency, to prolong the network for a longer time is critical issue for wireless sensor network protocols. Clustering protocols are energy efficient approaches to extend the lifetime of network. Intra-cluster communication is the main driving factor for energy efficiency of clustering protocols. Intra-cluster energy consumption depends upon the position of cluster head in the cluster. Wrongly positioned clusters head make cluster more energy consuming. In this paper, a simple and efficient cluster head selection scheme is pro- posed, named Smart Cluster Head Selection (SCHS). It can be implemented with any distributed clustering approach. In SCHS, the area is divided into two parts: border area and inner area. Only inner area nodes are eligible for cluster head role. SCHS reduces the intra-cluster communication distance hence improves the energy efficiency of cluster. The simulation results show tha