# An Energy Balance Clustering Routing Protocol for Intra-Body Wireless Nanosensor Networks
## 3 Clustering Routing Framework
### Clustering and Cluster Head Updating
In the simulation results, by comparing EBCR with LEACH, MH-LEACH and SFR, it proves that the EBCR has a great advantage in terms of equalizing energy consumption, prolonging network lifetime, ensuring data packet transmission success rate and ensuring a larger effective throughput. Therefore, EBCR protocol can be used as an effective routing scheme for iWNSNs. Conceptualization, J.X., Y.Z. and J.J.; Data curation, J.K.; Formal analysis, J.X. ; Methodology, J.X., Y.Z. and J.J.; Software, Y.Z. and J.J.; Supervision, J.X. ; Validation, J.K.; Writing--original draft, J.K.; Writing--review & editing, Y.Z. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Gant No.61202384. The authors declare no conflict of interest. ## References

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