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Table 1 Main simulation parameters

From: Reliability analysis for a data flow in event-driven wireless sensor networks using a multiple sending transmission approach

Parameters

Symbol

Value

Packet copies

K

1

Intensity function for NHPP models

λ(t)

1

The initial energy of all nodes

E init

0.01 J

Threshold level

E th

0 J

Duty cycle

α

0.01

Power required by sensing event per second

P 0 s

0.1 mW

Power dissipation to run transmitter circuitry

P e

0.1 mW

Length of the linear region

D

180 m

Transmission rate

r

2.5 × 105 bit/s

Packet length

L

5,000 bits

Power of background noise

n 0

4 × 10-14 W

Target SNR

γ t

6 dB

Variance of shadow fading

σ ξ 2

8 dB

Path loss exponent

η

3.71

LOS path loss at dref

G

-31.54 dB