Blind Corner Propagation Model for IEEE 802.11p Communication in Network Simulators

Table 1

Comparison of the models.

Issue	Obstacle model; [8, 9]	CORNER model; [10, 11]	Blind corner model; (our model)
(i) Signal attenuation	✓	✓	✓
(ii) Simulator used	NS-3, Omnet	QualNet	NS-3
(iii) Communication module used in the real experiments	IEEE 802.11p	IEEE 802.11b/g	IEEE 802.11p
(iv) Characteristics of the corner used in the experiment	Not blind corner	Not blind corner	Blind corner (the corner with no space for side walk or the side walk less than 1 m)
(v) Parameters used in path loss calculation approach	Number of walls penetrated	Wave characteristics parameter	Minimum distance