A Lightweight Leader Election Algorithm for IoT: Cloud Storage Use Case

IoT devices in a distributed environment that work on shared data still have a necessity for a locking mechanism to safely take turns while updating shared data. However, we no longer have the notion of mutexes when working in a distributed system. That is where distributed locks and leader elections mechanisms come into the picture. In addition to its low power consumption, BROGO (Branch Optima to Global Optimum) Leader Election Algorithm offers a lot of powerful features so it is well suited for the IoT environment. This algorithm decreases energy consumption by 95\% compared with basic techniques. In this paper, we employ BROGO as a use case in the cloud storage domain.