Research Article
Cooperative and Adaptive Network Coding for Gradient Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks with Multiple Sinks
Table 3
MiXiM OMNET++ simulation parameters.
| | Parameter | Value |
| | Operating system and platform | Linux Ubuntu 14.04.3 Long term Support (LTS) | | OMNET++ version | 4.6 | | MiXiM version | 2.3 | | Number of sensor nodes | 50, 400, 800, 1600 | | Number of sink nodes | 4 | | Sensor nodes deployment area | 1000 m × 1000 m, 1500 m × 1500 m,
2000 m × 2000 m and 2500 m × 2500 m |
| | Sensor node structure modules | NIC (PHY + MAC) netwl appl With battery, batStats and arp modules |
| | Frequency | 2.4 GHz | | Data packet size | 100 bytes | | Data rate | 250 kbps |
| | MAC protocol and NIC types | CSMA and IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee Network Interface Card) |
| | Maximum transmission power | 1.1 mWatt | | Interest messages traffic type | Periodic (period = 60 seconds) | | Sensed-data traffic type and interval | Event-driven, 25 seconds | | Interest message size | 320 bits |
| | Galois Field (GF) order = random coefficients size: | 8 |
| | Interest message time to live | 1 second | | Battery (nominal voltage, capacity) | (3 V, 1000 mAh) | | Initial energy capacity | 30 J |
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