Research Article

Energy Aware Simple Ant Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 8

Simulation parameters.

ParametersValues

Simulation time100 s
Simulation area1000 m2
Number of nodes104
Packet size512 bits
MAC type802.11 b
Packet rate16 Packets/sec
Node speed0 ms−1–10 ms−1
Receiving range100 m
Propagation modelTwo ray ground
Mobility modelRandom way point
TrafficFTP
Node initial energy 20 J
energy 0.003 J
energy 0.001 J