Table 3 Performance Summary of IDEALS vs. SOTA Schemes (here presents the performance comparison between IDEALS and SOTA schemes, highlighting the overall percentage improvements of IDEALS across each metric). The improvements are calculated based on the relative performance enhancements of IDEALS compared to the existing protocols, providing a clear view of how IDEALS outperforms other schemes in various network performance indicators.

From: Improved distance and energy aware link stability protocol for internet of medical things

Metric

Method

Start value

Final value

IDEALS Improvements in %age vs. SOTA

PDR (%)

HEEMCCP

98

82

3.66

SDWBAN

95

81

4.94

QQAR

96

79

7.59

SEEDI

98

80

6.25

IDEALS

98

85

Base

EtoED (ms)

HEEMCCP

50

160

13.75

SDWBAN

52

150

8

QQAR

53

155

10.97

SEEDI

55

148

6.76

IDEALS

50

138

Base

Throughput (kbps)

HEEMCCP

6000

3700

13.51

SDWBAN

5900

3800

10.53

QQAR

5800

3800

10.53

SEEDI

5700

4000

5

IDEALS

6000

4200

Base

NLT (alive vs. dead nodes)

HEEMCCP

20

6

33.33

SDWBAN

20

5

60

QQAR

20

4

100

SEEDI

20

5

60

IDEALS

20

8

Base

RE (Joules)

HEEMCCP

10

5

40

SDWBAN

10

5.5

27.27

QQAR

10

5.5

27.27

SEEDI

10

6.5

7.69

IDEALS

10

7

Base

PL (dB)

HEEMCCP

50

130

15.38

SDWBAN

55

122

9.84

QQAR

60

125

12

SEEDI

58

128

14.06

IDEALS

50

110

Base

MSE

HEEMCCP

0.2

1

30

SDWBAN

0.18

0.9

22.22

QQAR

0.11

1

30

SEEDI

0.15

1

30

IDEALS

0.1

0.7

Base

BER

HEEMCCP

1.00E-09

2.51E-08

60.16

SDWBAN

1.00E-09

1.99E-08

49.75

QQAR

1.00E-09

1.26E-08

20.63

SEEDI

1.00E-09

1.58E-08

36.71

IDEALS

7.94E-10

1.00E-08

Base

PER

HEEMCCP

0.04

0.099

41.41

SDWBAN

0.02

0.091

36.26

QQAR

0.03

0.096

39.58

SEEDI

0.02

0.092

36.96

IDEALS

0.01

0.058

Base

CCR (%)

HEEMCCP

25

38

6.84

SDWBAN

26

39

9.23

QQAR

27

39

9.23

SEEDI

25

37

4.32

IDEALS

25

35.4

Base