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Table 3 Network configuration

From: QoS-based management of biomedical wireless sensor networks for patient monitoring

Network:

 

Deployment Area

80 m × 80 m

Deployment Type

5 × 5 grid (see Figure 4)

Number of Nodes

1 sink and 25 sensor nodes

Sink Position

(40,40) m

Radio Range

30 m

Radio Model

Unit Disk Graph Medium Distance Loss

Setup Time

60 s

Network Layer

IPv6 with 6LowPAN

Transport Layer

User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ([Postel 1980])

Routing Protocol

RPL with the MRHOF ([Gnawali and Levis 2012])

Logical Topology

Random

PRR Required

98%,91%

Application:

 

Task Type

Time driven

Data Length

< 70 bytes (one packet)

Reporting Interval (s)

1, 2

Simulation:

 

Time

1000 s