BE	backoff exponent
bps	bits per second
C	node congestion degree
CAF	channel access failure
CASPA	congestion-aware packet service algorithm
CBR	constant bit rate
CN	congestion notification
CoAP	constrained application protocol
CSMA-CA	carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
CWND	congestion window
DP	packet processing delay
ECG	electrocardiogram
EWMA	exponential weighted moving average
H0	null hypothesis
IoMT	internet of medical things
IoT	internet of things
L	packet transmission latency
MAC	medium access control
macMaxBE	minimum value of BE
macMaxCSMABackoff	maximum number of backoffs
macMinBE	minimum value of BE
maxBackoff	macMaxCSMABackoff
maxBE	macMaxBE
Md	medians
minBE	macMinBE
MQTT	message queuing telemetry transport
ms	millisecond
NS2	Network Simulator 2
PL	Packet loss percentage
pps	packets per second
QCCP	priority-based cross-layer congestion control protocol
Qn	Buffer n
QoS	quality of service
rin	scheduler input rate
rloc	local traffic
rMAC	input rate to MAC sublayer
rout	node output rate
rprog	scheduler output rate
rtr	transit traffic
TCP	transport control protocol
TH	Throughput
THigh	high threshold
Tlow	low threshold
UDP	user datagram protocol
Wn	weight of buffer n