Our protocol is declined into four versions: MuDiLCO-1, MuDiLCO-3, MuDiLCO-5, and MuDiLCO-7, corresponding respectively to $T=1,3,5,7$ ($T$ the number of rounds in one sensing period). In the following, we will make comparisons with two other methods. DESK \cite{DESK} and GAF~\cite{GAF}.
%Some preliminary experiments were performed in chapter 4 to study the choice of the number of subregions which subdivides the sensing field, considering different network sizes. They show that as the number of subregions increases, so does the network lifetime. Moreover, it makes the MuDiLCO protocol more robust against random network disconnection due to node failures. However, too many subdivisions reduce the advantage of the optimization. In fact, there is a balance between the benefit from the optimization and the execution time needed to solve it. Therefore,
-we set the number of subregions to 16 rather than 32 as explained in chapter 4, section ref{ch4:sec:04:05}. We use the modeling language and the optimization solver which are mentioned in chapter 4, section \ref{ch4:sec:04:02}. In addition, the energy consumption model is presented in chapter 4, section \ref{ch4:sec:04:03}.
+We set the number of subregions to 16 rather than 32 as explained in chapter 4, section \ref{ch4:sec:04:05}. We use the modeling language and the optimization solver which are mentioned in chapter 4, section \ref{ch4:sec:04:02}. In addition, the energy consumption model is presented in chapter 4, section \ref{ch4:sec:04:03}.
\subsection{Metrics}
\label{ch5:sec:04:02}
