SDN-Driven Internet of Health Things: A Novel Adaptive Switching Technique for Hospital Healthcare Monitoring System

Table 2

The parameter values used in the simulation and in the calculations.

Parameter	Value
Node number ()	6 nodes
Buff size	1000 buffers per node
Pocket-size	1544 bytes [32]
Data rate	6 packets per sec
Receive window size (RWND)	65536 bytes [32]
Transmitter current window size (CWND)	1500 bytes (=MSS) [32]
Distance ()	1000 km [32]
Maximum transferable unit (MTU)	1540 bytes [32]
Total header length (TCP\IP)	40 bytes [32]
Bandwidth of T3 channel (BW)	45 x 10^6 bits per sec [32]
Maximum segment size (MSS)	1500 bytes (MTU - total header length [32]
Probability of error ()	Ranging from 1% to 10% [32]
1 mile propagation delay	0.02 seconds
threshold	65536 bytes (=RWND) [32]