Hi again, I just noticed that you're interested in highway (and not urban) scenarios. Then, forget reference [1] and focus on [3] and [2].
Best, -- Francisco J. Ros, PhD Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering University of Murcia, Murcia (Spain) http://masimum.inf.um.es/fjrm/ El 28/07/2014, a las 17:35, Francisco Javier Ros Muñoz escribió: > > Hi Osama, > > If you're interested in modeling the 5.9 GHz DSRC band, the most > comprehensive characterization I'm aware of can be found in [1]. The software > in [2] is a patch for ns-2.35 that implements the model in [1]. For more > background and a deeper study on VANET simulation, please refer to [3]. > > [1] L. Cheng, B. E. Henty, D. D. Stancil, F. Bai, and P. Mudalige, “Mobile > Vehicle-to-Vehicle Narrow-Band Channel Measurement and Characterization of > the 5.9 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) Frequency Band”, IEEE > Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 25, No. 8, October 2007. > > [2] http://masimum.inf.um.es/fjrm/development/lognormalnakagami6/ > > [3] Francisco J. Ros, Juan A. Martinez and Pedro M. Ruiz, “A Survey on > Modeling and Simulation of Vehicular Networks: Communications, Mobility, and > Tools”, Computer Communications, Vol. 43, pp. 1-15, May 2014. > http://masimum.inf.um.es/fjrm/wp-uploads/Ros-COMCOM14.pdf > > Best, > -- > Francisco J. Ros, PhD > Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering > University of Murcia, Murcia (Spain) > http://masimum.inf.um.es/fjrm/ > > El 26/07/2014, a las 15:00, Osama Rehman escribió: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to evaluate the performance of a vehicular ad hoc network >> (VANET) based protocol over Nakagami-m fading channel using ns-2 simulator. >> I came across various recommended parameters, specially when it comes to >> setting the "m" value for defining fading severity. Following are my >> resources: >> >> *1) "An empirical model for probability of packet reception in vehicular ad >> hoc networks", 2009, recommends a Nakagami-m = 3.* >> >> *2) "Broadcast reception rates and effects of priority access in >> 802.11-based vehicular ad-hoc networks", 2004, recommends the following:* >> >> * Nakagami-m=3, if distance between vehicles are less than 50m.* >> >> * Nakagami-m=1, if distance between vehicles are more than 150m.* >> >> *Nakagami-m=1.5, if distance between vehicles are in between 50m & 150m.* >> >> *3) "IEEE 802.11-based one-hop broadcast communications: understanding >> transmission success and failure under different radio propagation >> environments", 2006, recommends Nakagami-m = 1, 3 and 5, while emphasizing >> on m = 3.* >> >> *4) "A comparative analysis of DSRC and 802.11 over Vehicular Ad hoc >> Networks", recommends two scenarios i.e. urban (m=1) and freeway (m=1.5).* >> >> I would like to hear opinion of the research community on which *Nakagami-m* >> parameter is the most suitable for evaluating VANETs protocols over *"freeway >> (highway) scenarios"*. I am also in search for the suitable corresponding >> Nakagami-m fading parameters while using ns-2 simulation platform. >> >> Thanks, >> Osama Rehman > >
