Research Article

Adaptive Beaconing in Mobility Aware Clustering Based MAC Protocol for Safety Message Dissemination in VANET

Table 3

Simulation parameters.

ParameterValue

Simulation map10000 10000 m
Simulation time300 sec
Vehicle speed15–45 m/s
Number of vehiclesMaximum 100
Number of lanes6 (3 in each direction)
ScenarioTwo-way highway
Network interfacePhy/WirelessPhyExt
MAC interfaceMac/802_11Ext
Interface queueQueue/DSRC
Propagation modelPropagation/Nakagami
Number of TDMA slots/frames10
Time slot2.5 ms
Message size (safety)100 bytes
Message size (nonsafety)512 bytes
Transmission range300 m, 500 m
Modulation typeBPSK
Antenna typeAntenna/omniantenna
Channel typeChannel/wireless channel
Data transfer rate6, 12, 18, 27 Mbps
Minimum beaconing interval100 ms
Maximum beaconing interval500 ms