Understanding The Effect of Physical Parameters on Packet Loss in Veins VANET Simulator

Setting up the physical parameters of a simulator is key to achieving realistic results. Setting those parameters requires an understanding of how they affect the simulation results. Packet loss is a key performance metric in communication and networks fields. In this paper, we present an overview of how Veins VANET simulator simulates WiFi packet loss. This work explains the physical parameters set by the user in Veins and how Veins then uses these parameters to simulate the effects of attenuation and packet loss.