1st International ICST Workshop on ns-2: The IP Network Simulator

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The design and implementation of WiMAX module for ns-2 simulator

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1190455.1190458,
    author={Jenhui  Chen and Chih-Chieh  Wang and Frank Chee-Da  Tsai and Chiang-Wei  Chang and Syao-Syuan Liu and Jhenjhong  Guo and Wei-Jen  Lien and Jui-Hsiang  Sum and Chih-Hsin  Hung},
    title={The design and implementation of WiMAX module for ns-2 simulator},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on ns-2: The IP Network Simulator},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={WNS2},
    year={2012},
    month={4},
    keywords={Broadband MAC module network simulator WiMAX.},
    doi={10.1145/1190455.1190458}
}
  • Jenhui Chen
    Chih-Chieh Wang
    Frank Chee-Da Tsai
    Chiang-Wei Chang
    Syao-Syuan Liu
    Jhenjhong Guo
    Wei-Jen Lien
    Jui-Hsiang Sum
    Chih-Hsin Hung
    Year: 2012
    The design and implementation of WiMAX module for ns-2 simulator
    WNS2
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/1190455.1190458
Jenhui Chen1,*, Chih-Chieh Wang2, Frank Chee-Da Tsai3, Chiang-Wei Chang1, Syao-Syuan Liu1, Jhenjhong Guo1, Wei-Jen Lien1, Jui-Hsiang Sum1, Chih-Hsin Hung1
  • 1: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan 333, R.O.C.
  • 2: Department of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan 333, R.O.C.
  • 3: Networks and Multimedia Institute, Institute for Information Industry (III), Taipei, Taiwan
*Contact email: jhchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Abstract

The network simulator 2 (ns-2) is a popular and powerful simulation tool for the simulation of packet-switched networks, which provides substantial support for simulation of TCP, routing, and MAC protocols over wired and wireless networks, such as wireless LANs, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), and satellite communications, etc, and is widely used in both academia and industry. Although many protocol modules have been implemented in the ns-2, the IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless access networks (BWANs) or WiMAX module has not been contributed yet. Thus, in this paper, we present our detailed design and implementation of the WiMAX module based on the IEEE 802.16 standard with the point-to-multipoint (PMP) mode for the ns-2. The implemented module comprises fundamental functions of the service-specific convergence sublayer (CS), the MAC common part sublayer (CPS), and the PHY layer. A simple call admission control (CAC) mechanism and the scheduler are also included in this module.

Keywords
Broadband MAC module network simulator WiMAX.
Published
2012-04-05
Publisher
ACM
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1190455.1190458
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