Cooperative and Adaptive Network Coding for Gradient Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks with Multiple Sinks

Table 3

MiXiM OMNET++ simulation parameters.

Parameter	Value
Operating system and platform	Linux Ubuntu 14.04.3 Long term Support (LTS)
OMNET++ version	4.6
MiXiM version	2.3
Number of sensor nodes	50, 400, 800, 1600
Number of sink nodes	4
Sensor nodes deployment area	1000 m × 1000 m, 1500 m × 1500 m,; 2000 m × 2000 m and 2500 m × 2500 m
Sensor node structure modules	NIC (PHY + MAC) netwl appl With battery, batStats and arp modules
Frequency	2.4 GHz
Data packet size	100 bytes
Data rate	250 kbps
MAC protocol and NIC types	CSMA and IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee Network Interface Card)
Maximum transmission power	1.1 mWatt
Interest messages traffic type	Periodic (period = 60 seconds)
Sensed-data traffic type and interval	Event-driven, 25 seconds
Interest message size	320 bits
Galois Field (GF) order = random coefficients size:	8
Interest message time to live	1 second
Battery (nominal voltage, capacity)	(3 V, 1000 mAh)
Initial energy capacity	30 J