<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; -ms-layout-grid-mode: line; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Combining the characteristics of wireless sensor network, the ant colony algorithm is applied to a wireless sensor network, and a wireless sensor network route algorithm based on energy equilibrium is proposed in this paper. This algorithm takes the energy factor into the consideration of selection of route based on probability and enhanced calculation of information so as to find out the optimal route from the source node to the target node with low cost and balanced energy, and it prolongs the life cycle of the whole network</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">.</span>
A Novel Secure IoT-Based Smart Home Automation System Using a Wireless Sensor Network