Key Variable

Definition

$B_d$

Beacon

$F_{{\theta }_{rad}}$

Forwarding angle in radian unit

$F_{\theta }$

Forwarding angle in degree unit

$C_{fwd}$

Forwarding cache

$D_P$

Data packet

$D_{ack}$

Acknowledgement packet

$r_{\beta }$

Computed received power

${\gamma }_{\alpha ,\beta }$

Computed SNIR between transmitter α and receiver β

${\gamma }_{Thres}$

SNIR threshold

$m_{\gamma }$

SNIR metric

$Q_{con}$

Contend queue

$S_{num}$

Sequence number

$C_{seq}$

Sequence number cache

$Q_{retrans}$

Retransmission queue

$t_{contend}$

Contention timer

$D_{rcvd}$

Received packet

$t_{out}$

Transmission timeout

$F_{err}$

Error control frame

$N_{retrans}$

Number of retransmissions

$N_{reMax}$

Maximum number of retransmissions

$b_{err}$

Bit error flag

$Add{r}_{self}$

Node self MAC address

$Add{r}_{src}$

Source node MAC address

$Add{r}_{dest}$

Destination node MAC address