“…In existing contributions, fundamental results are developed by abstracting the network only in terms of packet losses and time delays, whereas the essential aspect of energy consumption is not considered, and the typical dynamics of network protocols are not taken into account. The idea of adapting communication parameters to the requirements of the controllers is not new, but most of the existing papers are concerned with adaptation of physical layer parameters, including the modulation formats, the radio powers, transmit rates, and Shannon capacity, e.g., [9] - [11], which cannot be adapted by the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. Some adaptation is possible at the medium access control layer, which however has some strict rules that make it difficult to transmit packets at desired times.…”