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Parameter | Description |
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| Inter-arrival time for uniform speed of the network nodes |
, | Constant terms involved for calculating the energy utilized by a node |
| Maximum cardinality of a node with MDRs and BMDRs |
| Initial CH selection probability |
| CH selection probability |
| Transition probability from disconnection to the connection state |
| Transition probability from connection to the disconnection state |
D | Distance between the CH and an ordinary node |
| Distance between the CH and an ordinary node at next time step of the Markov process |
| Time gap between transmissions of periodic Hello messages |
| Maximum energy of a node |
| Current residual energy of a node |
| RSS threshold |
| Maximum number of nodes inside the cluster for calculating the average minimum power |
k | Total number of nodes in the network region |
| Transmission rate of Hello messages |
1 | Transmission rate of Hello messages by the transmitting antenna |
| Reception rate of Hello messages by the receiving antenna |
| Transition rate for the connection state |
| Transition rate for the disconnection state |
| Number of trials or repetitions of the random experiment for link connectivity. |
(n) | Current time step of the Markov process |
(n+1) | Next time step of the Markov process |
| CH angle with reference to the origin |
| Transition probability matrix at steady state |
| Link probability |
| Probability of disconnectivity |
| Probability that currently the process is in the connection state given it was in the disconnection state previously |
| Probability of a successful Hello message reception by a neighboring node, given the minimum RSS |
| Minimum achieved RSS for AMP |
| Total number of nodes inside the cluster |
| Noise level involved in calculation of SNR |
| Received power by a node |
| Transmit power by CH |
| Number of CHs at current time step of the Markov process |
| Critical transmission range of a network node |
| Transmission range of the cluster |
| Speed of CH |
| Speed of ordinary node |
| Inter-arrival time between transmissions of the consecutive Hello messages |
| Maximum number of Hello messages transmission retries for link connectivity |
| Angle of the CH with an ordinary node |
| Angle of an ordinary node with the origin of cluster |
| Position of the CH |
| X-axis position of the CH |
| X-axis position of the ordinary node |
x | Infinitesimal generator of the Markov chain |
| Position of the ordinary node |
| Y-axis position of the CH |
| Y-axis position of the ordinary node |
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