Table 3.

Simulation parameters.

Parameter	Value
Simulation area	5000 m${}^2$
Type of road traffic	Bi-directional highway
Cluster size	Variable
Speed of nodes	0–42 m/s
Regular acceleration, deceleration	1–6 m/s${}^2$
Number of nodes	0–550
Transmission range	150 m, 300 m
Number of channels	1 control channel (CCH) and 6 SCH
Synchronization interval	100 ms
Data transmission rate	12 Mbps
Simulation time	300 s