VCH-ECCR: A Centralized Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 2

Network model parameters.

Network parameter	Value
Network area	100 × 100 m^2
Total numbers of nodes (n)	500
Initial energy of nodes (Einit)	2 J
Coefficient for free-space fading (εfs)	10 pJ/bit/m^2
Coefficient for multipath fading (εmp)	0.0013 pJ/bit/m^2
Data packet size	6400 bits
Control packet size	200 bits
Idle state energy (ET,X = ER)	50 nJ/bit
Data-aggregation energy	5 nJ/bit/signal
Round length	40 TDMA data frames