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Table 1 Main parameters of the model

From: A new energy-aware wireless sensor network evolution model based on complex network

Parameters

Definition in evolution model

M 0

Initial amount of sensors

n 0

Initial amount of sink sensors

m

Edges were deleted per time step

k i

Degree of node i

E

Residual energy of each node

iki

Probability of a new node

β

An adjustment factor

f(E)

Amount of sensors in each new adding sensor’s range

t i

Time of sensor i adding into WSN