On the Choice of Parameter Values for Simulation Based Experiments on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

Over the course of the last 10 years, research on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks has witnessed high levels of focus. Because of this field being a relatively new topic, most researchers have focused on using simulation as the first choice for performance measurement and evaluation. In order to contribute to the credibility and reliability of research results on Ad Hoc networks, this paper addresses the issue of choosing parameter values that are used as input for simulators used in such experiments by surveying a sample of recently published papers on Ad Hoc Networks. Results show that in the majority of revised papers, the simulation environment is not carefully planned as reflected by the diversity and quality of parameters used.