Energy-Aware Smart Connectivity for IoT Networks: Enabling Smart Ports

Table 1

System model parameters and simulation values.

Parameter	Value	Description
	200 m	eNB cell radius
	30 m	WiFi cell radius
	10	Number of IoT devices per gateway
	30 Kbps	Computational capacity (device)
	Kbps	Computational capacity (fog)
	Kbps	Computational capacity (cloud)
	Joule	Energy consumption per computational cycle
		Required amount of computational cycle per data element (device)
	10	Required amount of computational cycle per data element (fog)
	1	Required amount of computational cycle per data element (cloud)
	-204 dBW/Hz	Noise density
	180 kHz	Bandwidth
	W	Average transmit power of the IoT devices in the gateways #2, #3, #4, and #5
	1 s	Time period
	0.5	-table update parameter
	0.9	-table update parameter
	0.8	Action selection parameter for Stage 1
		Action selection parameter for Stage 2
	0.8	Decaying rate for and
S	8	Number of bits in each data element
		Conversion of kbps data rates to number of data elements
		Data processing energy consumption per data rate in kbps (device)
		Data processing energy consumption per data rate in kbps (fog)
		Data processing energy consumption per data rate in kbps (cloud)
		Cost of processing per kbps (device)
		Cost of processing per kbps (fog)
		Cost of processing per kbps (cloud)
b	20	Budget
		Constant coefficient for penalty comparison.
		Constant coefficient for penalty comparison.
	dB	Propagation loss constant for all wireless connection types (a, b, and c).
		Propagation loss exponent for NB-IoT and LTE wireless connection types (b and c).
		Propagation loss exponent for Wi-Fi (802.11g) wireless connection type (a).