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r

Y Y

Y

Y n

i i

i

i

2

2

2

2

1= −

−

(

)

−

(

)













∑

∑

∑

ˆ

/

where Y

i

represents the value obtained in the simulation and

ˆ

Y

i

represents the estimated value from

the associated equation. e r

2

value represents the approximation error; thus, it tends to 1 when

the values from the simulation and the associated equation match. In the following sections, each

simulation is associated with the equation that provides the lowest approximation error r

2

.

5.2.6.1 Simulation Results on Mobility

Figure 5.2 shows the routing overhead generated by reactive and proactive routing protocols dur-

ing the simulation time versus ...