Research Article
An Integrated Testbed for Virtual Ad Hoc Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976204, author={Pratik K. Biswas and Constantin Serban and Alex Poylisher and John Lee and Siun-Chuon Mau and Ritu Chadha and Cho-Yu J. Chiang and Robert Orlando and Kimberly Jakubowski}, title={An Integrated Testbed for Virtual Ad Hoc Networks}, proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM}, year={2009}, month={5}, keywords={Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) Virtual Ad hoc Network (VAN) emulation hybrid testbed shadow nodes simulated network simulation software-in-the-loop (SITL) virtual machines virtualization}, doi={10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976204} }- Pratik K. Biswas
Constantin Serban
Alex Poylisher
John Lee
Siun-Chuon Mau
Ritu Chadha
Cho-Yu J. Chiang
Robert Orlando
Kimberly Jakubowski
Year: 2009
An Integrated Testbed for Virtual Ad Hoc Networks
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976204
Abstract
Testing of applications for ad hoc networks poses a special technical challenge due to the difficulty of conducting experiments in an ad hoc network environment at a scale larger than a few nodes. One approach is to conduct experiments in a testbed that can imitate an ad hoc network. This requires the development of technologies that enable multiple instances of unmodified application software on a set of hosts to communicate via a simulated network that behaves like a real ad hoc network. In this paper, we describe the testbed developed under the Virtual Ad hoc Network (VAN) project1 for testing applications over ad hoc networks, with a special focus on network management applications. The testbed employs Xen-based virtualization to achieve resource scalability. The infrastructure for the testbed provides an integrated platform consisting of virtual nodes running the actual software under test, augmented with a simulated network environment. Our goal is to enable software testing over large-scale (500-1000 nodes) ad hoc networks using the VAN Testbed.
