A Novel Dynamic Link Connectivity Strategy Using Hello Messaging for Maintaining Link Stability in MANETs

Table 1

Simulation Parameters.

Parameter	Configuration
Area (m × m)	500500
Simulation time (s)	500
Pause time (s)	0
Traffic type	CBR
Packet size	512 bytes
MAC layer protocol	MAC 802.11
Antenna type	Omni directional
Radio-propagation model	Two—ray ground—reflection
Fading model	Log—distance path loss
Random jitter[4]	10 ms
	5.0
	30 dB
Additive background noise [8]	0.5 dB
	0.213
	50
	0.5 [17]