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presented in this chapter are obtained using the AODV routing protocol; notice that, since several
researchers use this protocol as well, it makes comparison against other proposals easier. We used
the Nakagami radio propagation model, commonly used by the VANET community, in order to
achieve a more realistic signal propagation model for vehicular environments [58]. Parameter m for
this propagation model is set to 0.7. Table 21.3 summarizes the simulation parameters.
The metrics used to evaluate the performance of the MAC solutions under study were similar
to those used in previous studies. ...