This document summarizes and compares the optimized R-LEACH wireless sensor network routing protocol to the standard LEACH protocol. It first provides background on wireless sensor networks and discusses the LEACH protocol. It then proposes an enhanced R-LEACH protocol that aims to reduce energy consumption by adding active, ready, and sleep communication modes. Simulation results show that R-LEACH balances energy consumption better and extends network lifetime more than LEACH. Key parameters like energy usage, packet loss, delay, throughput, and overhead are compared between the two protocols, with R-LEACH performing better in all areas.