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Table 1 Symbols and definitions

From: Adaptive Sleep Efficient Hybrid Medium Access Control algorithm for next-generation wireless sensor networks

Definition

Symbol

Edge

E

Energy consumption in transmitting, listening, wake-up, and sleep state respectively

E t , E l , E w , E s

Group of free nodes

G

One-hop and two-hop node

H1and H2

Interference range

IR

K-hop neighbour

Δ k

Ratio between interference range and transmission range

Îł

Total number of nodes

N

Slot

S

Time, additional time, sending time, and acknowledge time, respectively

\( \tau, {\tau}_{a,}{\tau}_t^i,{\tau}_{a ck}^i \)

Remaining time, sensing time, and calculation time, respectively

τ r , τ s , τ c

Transmission range

TR

Vertex

V

Adjacent neighbour nodes

u, v, w