Research Article
Congestion Control for a Fair Packet Delivery in WSN: From a Complex System Perspective
Table 1
Complex systems concepts and their equivalences for the proposed WSN model.
| Concept | WSN equivalent |
| Agent | Data packet | Goal | Arrive to the sink with minimum delay | Satisfaction1 | 0 if data packet does not arrive to the sink, 1 if it arrives to the sink within minimum time | Behavior | Packets travel across the network to the sink | Friction | An increase on the incoming traffic (throughput), reduces the outgoing traffic (goodput) | System’s satisfaction | Can be evaluated from the outgoing traffic | Mediators | Nodes | Mediator’s role | To execute a (distributed) algorithm that prevents congestion and maximizes the outgoing traffic |
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1Notice that satisfaction and friction are user-defined measures and they can change if required.
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