Network Monitoring Information Collection in the SDN-Enabled Airborne Tactical Network

Table 1

List of notations used in the following algorithms.

	Active control node
	Set of nodes at level
	Number of levels
	Set of broadcast nodes
	Set of nodes that are in the lower level and connected with node
	Size of
	Set of nodes that are in the higher level and connected with node
	Size of
	Set of the broadcast nodes that are in the lower level and connected with node
	Size of
	Routing tree for collection the M-info
	Set of nodes that are in the higher level and included to branch
	Set of connections between the nodes in the lower level and different branches
	Set of matched pairs between the branches and nodes
	Weight of branch
	Weight of node
	Set of receiver ’s children
	Number of the M-info packets needed to be transmitted by receiver
	Set of neighbors within receiver ’s two-hop distance
	Interference degree between node and node
	Interference degree of node on node
	Number of the M-info packets remaining in node ’s buffer
	Change status of