Statistical Analysis of Traffic Measurements in a Disaster Area Scenario Considering Heavy Load Periods

Catastrophes cause an area of destruction including destroyed infrastructure. These disaster area scenarios are typical usage scenarios for mobile wireless ad-hoc networks (MANETs). The results of simulations used for performance analysis in MANETs strongly depend on the traffic model. In this paper, we perform statistical analysis of data, measured in a civil protection maneuver. Based on the analysis we generate traffic and compare it to the measured one by doing simulations of two broadcast routing protocols. Finally, we extend our model to concerning heavy load periods and examine the impact on the simulation results.