Research Article

Impact of Dynamic Path Loss Models in an Urban Obstacle Aware Ad Hoc Network Environment

Table 1

Simulation parameters for AODV.

ParameterValue

Simulation time500 secs
Area size1000 × 600 m
Mean speed1.5 m sec−1
Traffic typeCBR
Packet size512 bytes
Connection rate8 pkts sec−1
Channel frequency2.4 GHz
Mobility modelRandom Way Point
Number of obstacles0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Transmitter power15 dBm
and antenna gain ( = )1
Rec. power threshold (RX_Threshold)−85 dBm
Carrier sense threshold (CS_Threshold)−85 dBm