In order to introduce a realistic simulation environment to support the research on vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs), the human behavior must be studied, understood and included in the mobility model representing the vehicles movement. This paper studies the behavior of the driver concerning specifically the decision to change the lane. Our study is based on real world observations and safety...

TCP performance in the wireless environments is impacted by two path characteristics not normally present in wired environments: packet losses due to corruption and mobility. There are two mechanisms to model the wireless packet losses in simulation: Uniform error model and the Realistic error model (Two states). Uniform error model tends to produce inaccurate results, because in this error mod...

The past few years have witnessed the growing interest in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) and their potential applications for Internet of Things (IoT). Since the mobility model is crucial to simulation based researches of VANET, using a realistic mobility model can ensure the consistency between simulation results and real deployments. Although there are many mobility models characterizing ...

Efficient planning and improved quality of service (QoS) in wireless networks call for the use of mobility prediction schemes. Such schemes ensure accurate mobility prediction of wireless users and units which plays a major role in optimized planning and management of the available bandwidth and power resources. In this paper, fully-complex extreme learning machines (CELMs) model and predict th...

In this paper, we propose a cross-layer extension for the INETMANET framework of OMNeT++, which utilizes mobility control knowledge to enhance the forwarding of routing messages. The well-known mobility meta-model from Reynolds is used to provide a realistic representation of the mobility behavior of autonomous agents with respect to the various influences those agents have to face in real-worl...

We present an agent-based simulation model for generating realistic multivariable outbreak signals. The model defines a synthetic population and simulates the dissemination of pathogenic organisms through a municipal water distribution system, the mobility of individuals between geographic locations, their exposure to pathogens through water consumption, and disease progression in infected indi...

This paper presents a realistic teletra c modeling framework for Personal Communications Services. The framework captures complex human behaviors and has been validated through analysis of actual call and mobility data. Using the proposed framework, a large-scale simulation was performed on a model of the San Francisco Bay Area. Simulation results showing the performance of IS-41 are presented.

The aging of the population in developed and developing countries calls for special attention to improve the quality of life for older people. Meanwhile, one of the key factors influencing the quality of life of older people is their mobility. Most of the previous studies have considered the mobility of younger people while considering the aging of the population, the mobility of older people n...

The performance of emerging self-organizing network (SON) algorithms is often evaluated based on simplified, regular hexagonal networks. Nevertheless, such algorithms are supposed to exploit the inherent inhomogeneity and therefore need to be tested in realistic network scenarios. For this, a common SON algorithm, namely mobility load balancing (MLB), is evaluated with different degrees of comp...