A cyclic operation is assumed where time is treated using a uniform discrete time grid.
A stepwise variation in modulus is assumed where modulus is constant over each segment.
For the purposes of model development and flow validation, Newtonian rheology is assumed, where the fluid density and viscosity is set to 1247.6 kg/m3 and 0.4 kg/(m s), respectively.
A system with cylindrical symmetry is assumed, where three grain boundaries with different mobilities and different specific Gibbs energies are in contact at a triple junction line of given mobility.
Briefly, for the "model-free" analysis, an aggregation model with monomer, dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, septamer, and octamer was assumed, where the fraction of each oligomeric species was variable and allowed to float in the fitting of the pbICS curves.
Without any loss of generality, a sensor with rectangular pixel is assumed where s=0.
A full buffer traffic model is assumed, where the MSs always have data to transmit or receive [27].
A block fading propagation channel is assumed where the channel remains constant during the resource allocation and transmission process.
