[Retracted] A Novel Cooperative Relaying-Based Vertical Handover Technique for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Parameter	Value
RSSI value	−70 dBm
Distance threshold	400 ft
UAV velocity	10 km/h
UAV altitude	50 ft
UAV communication radius	300 ft
Inter-UAV distance	100 ft, 200 ft, 300 ft, 400 ft, 500 ft, 600 ft, 700 ft
Trajectory shape	U And S shape
Authentication time	1 s
Registration time	1 s
WiMAX attachment time	0.2 s
WLAN detachment time	0.2 s
Relay node handover time	1 s
Relay handover completion	2 s
Packet size	256 bytes
Simulation time	300 sec