ns-2 vs. OPNET: a comparative study of the IEEE 802.11e technology on MANET environments

P. Pablo  Garrido; Manuel P. Malumbres; Carlos T.  Calafate

1st International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems

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ns-2 vs. OPNET: a comparative study of the IEEE 802.11e technology on MANET environments

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.2943,
    author={P. Pablo  Garrido and Manuel P. Malumbres and Carlos T.  Calafate},
    title={ns-2 vs. OPNET: a comparative study of the IEEE 802.11e technology on MANET environments},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={MANET 802.11e Network simulators performance comparative},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.2943}
}

P. Pablo Garrido
Manuel P. Malumbres
Carlos T. Calafate
Year: 2010
ns-2 vs. OPNET: a comparative study of the IEEE 802.11e technology on MANET environments
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.2943

P. Pablo Garrido¹^,*, Manuel P. Malumbres¹^,*, Carlos T. Calafate²^,*

1: Miguel Hernandez University, Avda. Universidad, s/n - 03202 Elche, Spain.
2: Technical University of Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n - 46022 Valencia, Spain.

*Contact email: pgarrido@umh.es, mels@umh.es, calafate@disca.upv.es

Abstract

In this work we present the results of a comparative study between two well-known network simulators: ns-2 and OP- NET Modeler. In particular, we focus on a performance evaluation of the IEEE 802.11e technology on Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) in both stationary and mobile scenar- ios. The paper describes the tested scenarios in detail, and discusses simulation results obtained with OPNET Modeler, comparing them with those obtained with ns-2. The per- formance of IEEE 802.11e in the presence of legacy IEEE 802.11 stations is also analyzed. Due to the significant differ- ences between both simulators, we enumerate those changes required so as to make results obtained via both simulators comparable. The results that have been reached support the conclusion that the behavior of both simulators is quite similar in general

Keywords: MANET 802.11e Network simulators performance comparative

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.2943