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 |