Research Article
Geographical routing implementation in NS3
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247688, author={Ant\^{o}nio Fonseca and Cam\"{o}es Andr\^{e} and Teresa Vaz\"{a}o}, title={Geographical routing implementation in NS3}, proceedings={Workshop on ns-3}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={WNS3}, year={2012}, month={6}, keywords={implementation routing vanet simulation ns-3 gpsr}, doi={10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247688} }- António Fonseca
Camões André
Teresa Vazão
Year: 2012
Geographical routing implementation in NS3
WNS3
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247688
Abstract
Simulation is an essential tool for computer networks research. In this regard, NS-3 is considered a very promising tool due to its possibility to simulate complex scenarios and integrate with real networks. This simulator was recently released to with a view to replace the popular NS-2 tool, but NS-3 still supports only a limited set of technologies. Geographical routing protocols appear to be an e ective strategy for vehicular networks and many protocols of this type have been developed. Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing is one of the most representative protocols of this kind of approach since it serves as a base for some of other protocols. In this article we describe and assess our NS-3 implementation of GPSR and the concept of location-service that is needed for such protocols.