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| Parameter | Description |
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| | Inter-arrival time for uniform speed of the network nodes |
| , | Constant terms involved for calculating the energy utilized by a node |
| | Maximum cardinality of a node with MDRs and BMDRs |
| | Initial CH selection probability |
| | CH selection probability |
| Transition probability from disconnection to the connection state |
| | Transition probability from connection to the disconnection state |
| D | Distance between the CH and an ordinary node |
| | Distance between the CH and an ordinary node at next time step of the Markov process |
| | Time gap between transmissions of periodic Hello messages |
| | Maximum energy of a node |
| | Current residual energy of a node |
| | RSS threshold |
| | Maximum number of nodes inside the cluster for calculating the average minimum power |
| k | Total number of nodes in the network region |
| | Transmission rate of Hello messages |
| 1 | Transmission rate of Hello messages by the transmitting antenna |
| | Reception rate of Hello messages by the receiving antenna |
| | Transition rate for the connection state |
| | Transition rate for the disconnection state |
| | Number of trials or repetitions of the random experiment for link connectivity. |
| (n) | Current time step of the Markov process |
| (n+1) | Next time step of the Markov process |
| | CH angle with reference to the origin |
| | Transition probability matrix at steady state |
| | Link probability |
| | Probability of disconnectivity |
| | Probability that currently the process is in the connection state given it was in the disconnection state previously |
| | Probability of a successful Hello message reception by a neighboring node, given the minimum RSS |
| | Minimum achieved RSS for AMP |
| Total number of nodes inside the cluster |
| | Noise level involved in calculation of SNR |
| | Received power by a node |
| | Transmit power by CH |
| | Number of CHs at current time step of the Markov process |
| | Critical transmission range of a network node |
| | Transmission range of the cluster |
| | Speed of CH |
| | Speed of ordinary node |
| | Inter-arrival time between transmissions of the consecutive Hello messages |
| | Maximum number of Hello messages transmission retries for link connectivity |
| | Angle of the CH with an ordinary node |
| | Angle of an ordinary node with the origin of cluster |
| | Position of the CH |
| | X-axis position of the CH |
| | X-axis position of the ordinary node |
| x | Infinitesimal generator of the Markov chain |
| | Position of the ordinary node |
| | Y-axis position of the CH |
| | Y-axis position of the ordinary node |
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