Parameter

Value

Mobility Model

Stationary, nodes randomly placed

Network area

4000 M × 4000 M

Network architecture

flat and hierarchical

Network scenarios

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 10 clusters

Traffic Type

ICMP (ping) traffic

No of nodes

40 (10 gateways, 30 nodes)

No of ping sources

30 nodes

Local-Cluster Ping sources

All nodes in the flat network

30% of the nodes otherwise

Ping rate

N (0.3, 0.01), ~100 pings/sec

No. simulations

10 runs per scenario

Simulation time

900 seconds

Stabilization time

210 seconds

Measurement time

690 seconds

MAC protocol

IEEE 802.11 g, 11 Mbps