A Cross-Layer Design for a Multihop, Self-Healing, and Self-Forming Tactical Network

Table 1

Important parameters of proposed protocol.

Symbol	Parameters
	Network Data Rate
	Size of time slot
	Control slot
	Data Slot
	No. of nodes
	Control frames
	Data frames
	No. of hops
	No. of Slots in a frame
	No. of Control frames
	No. of frames in one super frame
	No. of packets in one slot
	No. of packets in one frame
	No. of bits to be transmitted
	Call setup overhead
HELLO	AODV control message
RREQ	AODV route request message
RREP	AODV route reply message