Evaluation of Selective Broadcast Algorithms for Safety Applications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Description	Value
Number of vehicles (variable)	20⋯100
Wireless transmission range (variable)	100 m⋯500 m
Emergency warning size	100 B
Emergency warning interval	100 ms
Background message size	800 B
Background message interval	500 ms
Wait-before-send time (minimum⋯maximum)	0 ms⋯10 ms
Highway segment length	2 000 m
Highway width in one direction	14 m
Highway lane width	3.5 m
Vehicle speed (minimum⋯maximum)	60 km/h⋯120 km/h
Deceleration rate	4 m/s^2
Reaction time	1.6 s