The invention relates to a cluster-
tree routing method and device based on a cluster-
head rotation mechanism. The method comprises the steps that a first hop cluster of a
cluster tree is generated by taking a convergence node as a root node, and nodes with the
residual energy higher than a set value are selected in the first hop cluster to serve as candidate cluster-head nodes of a second hop cluster; a node with the highest degree is found from the candidate cluster-head nodes of the second hop cluster to serve as the cluster head of the second hop cluster, and the nodes form the second hop cluster through the nearby adding principle; iteration is repeatedly conducted till an isolated node set is empty, and a complete
cluster tree is formed; after the
cluster tree is formed, the network
energy consumption is uniformly spread to all the nodes through the cluster-
head rotation mechanism. According to the cluster-
tree routing method and device based on the cluster-
head rotation mechanism, when the routing nodes are selected, both the
residual energy and the node degree are taken into account, and therefore the routing nodes can be evenly distributed in a monitoring area; in addition, the number of the routing nodes is optimized, the number of the routing nodes is decreased as much as possible on the condition that the cluster tree completeness conditions are met, therefore, the
total energy consumption of a network is reduced, and the network life is prolonged.