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| Parameter | Meaning |
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| Frame length of S-MAC |
| Duty cycle of S-MAC |
| Total active time |
| Time the radio is ON per frame |
| Time the radio is OFF per frame |
| Timeout interval of T-MAC |
| Timeout interval of DT-MAC |
| Transmission time of packet during active time |
| Probability that data exist in active time with T-MAC |
| Probability that < ( is the number of packets in the buffer) |
| Probability of 0 ≤ < and no RTS packet received with DT-MAC |
| Average of the contention window in th hop |
| CW of th hop with DT-MAC |
| Transmission time of CTS packet |
| Transmission time of DATA packet |
| Transmission time of ACK packet |
| Energy consumption for packet transmission per time unit |
| Energy consumption for packet reception per time unit |
| Energy consumption during idle listening per time unit |
| The number of hops that can be reserved with an RTS/CTS packet with S-MAC and T-MAC |
| The number of hops that can be reserved with an RTS/CTS packet with DT-MAC |
| Channel capacity of the DT-MAC |
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