An Optimized and Efficient Routing Protocol Application for IoV

Table 1

Simulation setup.

Parameters	Specification
Operating system	Ubuntu-18.04.3
MATLAB	R2015a
Simulator	NS3-3.30.1
Scenario	VANET (802.11p)
Mobility model	Random way point
Speed of vehicles	20 m/s
Pause time	300.01 s
Grid size	300 × 1500 m, 300 × 3000 m, 300 × 4500 m, 300 × 6000 m
Number of vehicular nodes	100,200,300,400,500
WiFi	802.11p
Control channel	10 MHz
Number of sink nodes	25, 50
Loss model	Two-ray ground
Transmission power	20 dBm
Transmission range	145 m
Total simulation time	300.01 s
Antenna height along z-axis	1.5 m (in scenario a), 50 m (in scenario b)