QPRD: QoS-Aware Peering Routing Protocol for Delay-Sensitive Data in Hospital Body Area Network

Table 1

Parameters information.

Deployment	Area	Scenarios 1 and 2: 9 m by 9 m
		Scenario 3: 21 m 16 m
	Deployment type	Scenario 1: all nodes are static
		Scenario 2: movable source node B4
		Scenario 3: hospital environment
	Number of nodes	Scenarios 1 and 2: 8 nodes (4 BANs, 3 MDCs, 1 NSC)
		Scenario 3: 49 nodes (24 BANs, 24 MDCs, 1 NSC)
	Initial nodes locations	Scenarios 1 and 2: NSC(0,3),
		MDC1(2,5), MDC2(2,1), MDC3(3,3)
		B1(5,5), B2(5,1), B3(6,3), B4(9,3)
		Scenario 3: shown in Figure 8
	Initial node energy	18720 J (= 2 AA batteries)
	Buffer size	32 packets
	Link layer trans. rate	250 Kbps
	Transmit power	−25 dBm
Task	Application type	Event-driven
	Max. packet size	32 bytes
	Traffic type	CBR (Constant Bit Rate)
MAC	IEEE 802.15.4	Default values
Simulation	Time	2003 seconds
		(3 seconds are setup time. Simulation results are the average of three rotations.)