Improving VANETs Connectivity with a Totally Ad Hoc Living Mobile Backbone

Table 4

Simulation parameters setting.

Parameters	Values
Simulator	NS-2 (2.35)
Routing protocol	AODV
Simulation area	2 km × 1 km and 4 km × 0.5 km
Number of vehicles	10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60
MOB-NET density	3.4 bus/km
Mobility model	VanetMobiSim
Range radius of the vehicles	300 m, 500 m, 750 m, 1000 m
Maximum speed of the vehicles	40 km/h
Maximum speed on the MOB-NET	54 km/h
Traffic pattern	UDP/CBR with 2 messages per second
Number of simultaneous connections	5 connections
Simulation time	600 s
Radio propagation model	twoRay ground
MAC layer specifications	IEEE 802.11p