Research Article

Adaptive and Optimized Control Channel Utilization in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Table 2

Shows the parameters used in the simulation of highway and urban scenarios.

ParametersValue

Total road length652 m×752 m
Number of lanes4 (2 in each direction)
Vehicles speed0-40 km/h
Transmission range15 – 1000 m
Transmission rate3-27 Mbps
Contention window size15-1023
Bandwidth10MHz
Safety messages generation rate10 packet/s
MAC type802.11p
Propagation modelTwoRayGround
Simulation time100 s