Research Article

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

Table 6

Results for line topology network test for interbuilding communications. Reference diagram: Figure 7(b).

Metrics Values
Node N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8

Data rate mode 100 kbps
Packets transmitted 80 80 80 80 80 81 80 80
Packets received 69 80 79 78 77 79 77 79
Error packets 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1
PER () 0 1.3 2.5 1.3 0 0 1.3 1.3

Data rate mode 200 kbps
Packets transmitted 87 87 86 87 86 87 86 87
Packets received 85 85 83 84 80 85 83 85
Error packets 4 3 3 3 7 6 7 5
PER () 4.7 3.5 3.6 3.6 8.6 7.1 8.4 5.8