Research Article

Travel Matrix Enabled Delta-Based Roadside Units Deployment for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: A Case of Kigali City

Table 1

Notations used in the Optimization Problem (Parameters used and their descriptions).

SymbolDescription

Fixed cost of a Road Side Unit
:The percentage of travel time that a vehicle will be connected
:The percentage of vehicles required to be connected
:Total travel time of a vehicle n
The number of vehicles available
The time taken by vehicle n in grid cell i
:A binary variable that is 1 if a road side unit is placed at grid cell otherwise 0
Binary variable for a vehicle n travel beta1 and belong to beta2