
172 ◾ Security for Multihop Wireless Networks
obtained through real measurements on TelosB motes. We calculated the duration
between the instant the mote is asked to send a message and the instant the message
is sent on the medium.
It should be noted that the execution time of the send command takes more
time than the duration of the transmission. In the case of sending or receiving 16
bytes, 40 bytes, and 80 bytes, only 0.512, 1.28, and 2.52 ms respectively, are spent
by the radio activity (this calculation does not take into account the medium access
delays).
TJoin denotes the total time needed for a node to finish its join process, TJoin