diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/OMG/omg_vars.h b/openair2/UTIL/OMG/omg_vars.h
index d236c312cce793e7c9219c1e65d52a4aa1a8006d..ce95fd79817070763801141fc5e0b96bb0fc7cbf 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/OMG/omg_vars.h
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/OMG/omg_vars.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 #include "omg.h"
 
 /*!A global variable used to store all the nodes information. It is an array in which every cell stocks the nodes information for a given mobility type. Its length is equal to the maximum number of mobility models that can exist in a single simulation scenario */
-node_list* node_vector[MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES];
-node_list* node_vector_end[MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES];
+node_list* node_vector[MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES + 10 /*FIXME bad workaround for indexing node_vector with SUMO*/];
+node_list* node_vector_end[MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES + 10 /*FIXME bad workaround for indexing node_vector_end with SUMO*/];
 
 /*! A global variable which represents the length of the Node_Vector */
 int node_vector_len[MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES];
diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/OMG/sumo.c b/openair2/UTIL/OMG/sumo.c
index aeb0f6ed7143594bd2d68529255bccbd7de4089d..0d0a91c6541878111cb0b6a4bf1fd2a1ee2505d3 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/OMG/sumo.c
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/OMG/sumo.c
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ start_sumo_generator (omg_global_param omg_param_list)
       node->generator = SUMO;	// SUMO
       node->mob = mobility;
 
-      DevAssert( SUMO >= MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES ); // FIXME node_vector_end is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
-      DevAssert( SUMO >= MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES ); // FIXME node_vector is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
+      // FIXME! wrong use of node_vector and node_vector_end
+      // FIXME node_vector_end is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
+      // FIXME node_vector is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
 
       node_vector_end[SUMO] =
 	(node_list *) add_entry (node, node_vector_end[SUMO]);
@@ -297,7 +298,9 @@ desactivate_and_unmap (char *sumo_id)
   if (OAI_ID != -1)
     {
       //TODO generalize to UE and eNB (must change the method)
-      DevAssert( SUMO >= MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES ); // FIXME node_vector is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
+
+      // FIXME! wrong use of node_vector
+      // FIXME node_vector is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
       node_struct *node = find_node (node_vector[SUMO], OAI_ID, UE);
       if (node == NULL)
 	node = find_node (node_vector[SUMO], OAI_ID, eNB);
@@ -440,7 +443,8 @@ get_sumo_positions_updated (double cur_time)
 	 "--------GET SUMO Mobility for a group of ACTIVE OAI nodes--------\n");
 #endif
 
-  DevAssert( SUMO >= MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES ); // FIXME node_vector is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
+  // FIXME! wrong use of node_vector
+  // FIXME node_vector is declared with MAX_NUM_NODE_TYPES elements, but here we are indexing with SUMO from enum mobility_types
   if (node_vector[SUMO] != NULL)
     {
       node_list *tmp = node_vector[SUMO];