Table 5 This table presents a statistical comparison of the IDEALS scheme against SOTA protocols across key performance metrics. The comparison is based on 30 simulation runs, providing a robust evaluation of each protocol’s performance consistency and reliability across multiple iterations.

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

Metric

Method

IDEALS Mean

IDEALS Std

Method Mean

Method Std

p-value

PDR

HEEMCCP

84.90593

0.450003

81.93942

0.465551

7.61E-22

SDWBAN

84.90593

0.450003

81.00644

0.495992

4.56E-24

QQAR

84.90593

0.450003

78.98987

0.454411

3.41E-28

SEEDI

84.90593

0.450003

79.95252

0.51208

2.18E-26

NLT

HEEMCCP

8.083636

0.28421

6.019678

0.315837

1.52E-25

SDWBAN

8.083636

0.28421

5.014411

0.311278

1.61E-26

QQAR

8.083636

0.28421

3.95697

0.34755

3.58E-29

SEEDI

8.083636

0.28421

5.03215

0.275726

3.75E-29

RE

HEEMCCP

7.056377

0.155456

4.958689

0.134497

2.13E-31

SDWBAN

7.056377

0.155456

5.545635

0.198586

1.1E-26

QQAR

7.056377

0.155456

5.505753

0.200764

2.9E-25

SEEDI

7.056377

0.155456

6.488526

0.237791

9.19E-12

BER

HEEMCCP

1E-08

5.52E-10

2.5E-08

4.98E-10

3.57E-39

SDWBAN

1E-08

5.52E-10

1.97E-08

4.02E-10

3.14E-35

QQAR

1E-08

5.52E-10

1.26E-08

5.07E-10

7.37E-16

SEEDI

1E-08

5.52E-10

1.58E-08

4.55E-10

1.08E-28