Research Article

The Exploration of Network Coding in IEEE 802.15.4 Networks

Table 2

Simulation parameters and power model.

Simulation parameters

Traffic model Poisson traffic Streaming traffic
Traffic load (traffic units/packet) 4 and 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Data arrival rate (packet/superframe) 0.2, 0.5, 0.8, 1.0N/A
Superframe length (slots) 16

Power model

Radio power in idle (mW) 1.38
Radio power in receiving (mW) 9.6
Radio power in transmitting (mW) 17