Experimental Performance Evaluation of Multihop IEEE 802.15.4/4g/4e Smart Utility Networks in Outdoor Environment

Table 4

Results for NLOS communication range tests. Reference diagram: Figure 6(b). In the same row, the upper value denotes DC location on the 11th storey L11 and the lower value denotes DC location on the 20th storey L20.

Performance metrics	Values
Data rate mode	50 kbps
Node	N1	N2
Distance, DC-N1 & DC-N2 (m)	75	103
Packets received	L11: 1069	L11: 1089
	L20: 1009	L20: 1012
Error packets	L11: 3	L11: 0
	L20: 172	L20:2
Packet error rate (PER)	L11:	L11:
	L20:	L20:
Data rate mode	100 kbps
Node	N1	N2
Distance, DC-N1 & DC-N2 (m)	75	103
Packets received	L11: 1050	L11: 1146
	L20: 1024	L20: 433
Error packets	L11: 0	L11: 154
	L20: 204	L20: 110
Packet error rate (PER)	L11:	L11:
	L20:	L20:
Data rate mode	200 kbps
Node	N1	N2
Distance, DC-N1 & DC-N2 (m)	75	103
Packets received	L11: 1924	L11: 1095
	—	—
Error packets	L11: 48	L11: 33
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Packet error rate (PER)	L11:	L11:
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