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Table 3 Simulation model parameters and their values

From: Routing protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks for heterogeneous traffic network

Parameters

Value

Contiki OS version

Contiki 3.0

Mote device model

Z1 Zolertia

Z1 mote voltage

3 V

Z1 mote TX current

17.4 mA

Z1 mote RX current

18.8 mA

Z1 mote CPU idle current

0.426 mA

Z1 mote CPU power down current

0.020 mA

RTIMER_SECOND

32768 ticks per second

CC2420 radio CCA threshold

−45 dbm

Z1 RAM

8 KB

Z1 flash

92 KB

Packet size

127 bytes

Buffer occupancy

4 packets

uIP payload buffer size

140 bytes

Simulation time

3600 s

PHY & MAC protocol

802.15.4 with CSMA

Radio

CC2420

Number of nodes

20, 30, 40, 50, 100

Send interval

Scenario 1: 1 * clock second, 2 * clock second, 6 * clock second, 60 * clock second

Scenario 2: random number between 1 and 15 * clock second/random 1–10

Random number seeds: new seed with respect to clock time each iteration

Workload measurement interval

Every 10 s

Script text analysis

Python 3.7