Metaheuristic Load-Balancing-Based Clustering Technique in Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 2

Parameters used in the simulation.

Parameter	Parameter’s value
Network area
Base station’s position
Node deployment strategy	Random deployment
Number of nodes deployed in the network
Initial energy of the normal nodes	0.1 J
Size of data packet	4000 bits
Size of data packet header	200 bits
Energy consumed in data aggregation	5 nJ/bits/signal
Energy consumed in the transceivers’ circuitry	50 nJ/bit
Amplification factor in free space model
Amplification factor in multipath fading model
Population size
Mutation factor
Crossover rate