Research Article

SS-Drop: A Novel Message Drop Policy to Enhance Buffer Management in Delay Tolerant Networks

Table 2

Simulation parameters.

ParametersValues
Set 1Set 2Set 3

No. of nodes153060
Size of buffer (MB)3 MB4 MB5 MB
SimulatorOpportunistic network environment (ONE)
Movement modelShortest path map-based movement model
Routing protocolsEpidemic routing protocol
Group interfaceBluetooth
Transmission speed300 kbps
Transmission range(m)15 m
Node speed (m/s)1-3 (m/s)
Simulation time3600 sec
Message creation interval15 s-25 s
Message sizes100kB-1 MB
Area of simulation