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Table 3 Symbols used in Algorithm 1 and their definitions

From: Energy-aware MAC protocol for data differentiated services in sensor-cloud computing

Symbol

Definition

Cycle _ num

The current cycle number

if _ timercan()

This function is used to determine when the wait time is stopped by the timer or expires

thiscycleTx()

This function is used to calculate the total number of Tx-Beacons received in the current cycle