Delay, Reliability, and Throughput Based QoS Profile: A MAC Layer Performance Optimization Mechanism for Biomedical Applications in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Parameters </td><td align="center">Value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of nodes</td><td align="center">6–20</td></tr><tr><td align="left">MAC</td><td align="center">IEEE 802.15.4, IEEE 802.15.6</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Channel mode</td><td align="center">Log shadowing wireless model</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Path loss exponent</td><td align="center">2.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Simulation time</td><td align="center">5–20 minutes</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Seed value</td><td align="center">11</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Frequencies band</td><td align="center"> 420 MHz, 868 MHz, 2.4 GHz</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Data rates</td><td align="center">20 kbps, 75.9 kbps, 242.9 kbps, 250 kbps</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Evaluation parameters</td><td align="center">Delay, packet delivery ratio (PDR), throughput</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Considered variations</td><td align="center">Packet sizes, number of nodes</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 8: Delay, Reliability, and Throughput Based QoS Profile: A MAC Layer Performance Optimization Mechanism for Biomedical Applications in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks 

Table 8 | Delay, Reliability, and Throughput Based QoS Profile: A MAC Layer Performance Optimization Mechanism for Biomedical Applications in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks 