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Table 1 Parameters for Our Proposed QL-based DQMAC Scheme

From: A Q-learning-based distributed queuing Mac protocol for Internet-of-Things networks

Simulation time

10,000 s

Number of IoT nodes

100

Bounded region

200 m \(\times\) 200 m

Channel data rate

2 Mbps

Number of contention nodes

3, 4, 5, \(\ldots\), 49 and 50

Number of SAR slots for one contention period

3

Variation in the number of contention nodes (d)

1

Power consumption for transmission

24.75 mW

Power consumption for reception

13.5 mW

Power consumption for listening

13.5 mW

Power consumption for sleeping

15 \(\upmu\)W

Discount factor (\(\gamma\))

0.9

Learning rate (\(\alpha\))

0.1