Table 1.

Notation of the Symbols.

Symbol	Description
src	Sink/source node
n	Network size
L	Layer list for nodes according to their distance to the source
l	Variable used to denote the distance/layer to the source
r	Transmission range of the sensor nodes
S	Ordered sequence list
Ci	The list of children for node i
Pi	The list of candidate Parents for node i
M	The set for the Maximal independent set
D	The set for the connected Dominating set