Research Article

A Novel Cooperation-Based Network Coding Scheme for Walking Scenarios in WBANs

Table 5

Simulation parameters.

Parameter Value

Radio layer
dataRate512 kbps
Bandwidth20 MHz
noiseFloor−101 dBm
CCAthreshold−95 dBm
Tx Power−38 dBm
Rx state energy consumption3.1 mW
modulationTypeDIFFBPSK
carrierFreq2400.0 MHz
Sensitivity−91 dBm
symbolsForRSSI8 bits
Tx state energy consumption2.9 mW
Idle state energy consumption0.05 mW

MAC layer
beaconPeriodLength160 ms
SlotLength5 ms
Data’s ACKTypeN_ACK
RAP1Length40 ms
pTIFS0.03 ms
Control’s ACK I_ACK

Others
Sensor’s initialEnergy2430 J
simulationTime 50 s