Table 2 Summary of notations used.

From: Nature inspired optimization of IoT network for delay resistant and energy efficient applications

Symbol

Definition

\({n}_{preamble}\)

preamble symbols (default size of 8 bytes)

CRC

CRC = 1 when enabled otherwise 0

H

H = 0 when header enabled otherwise 1

DE

DE = 1 enabling low data rate optimization otherwise 0

m

code rate with values (1, 2, 3, 4}

\({P}_{MC{U}_{\_off}}\)

power consumption of microcontroller in off state

\({P}_{MCU\_on}\)

power consumption of microcontroller in on state

\({P}_{Tx\_off}\)

power consumption of the LoRa radio unit in off state

\({P}_{Tx\_on}\)

power consumption of the LoRa radio unit in on state

\({C}_{Batt}\)

capacity of the battery

\({V}_{batt}\)

maximum voltage applied to the battery