Research Article
Simulation of wireless multi-* networks in NS-2
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.VALUETOOLS2008.4398, author={Laurent Paquereau and Bjarne E. Helvik}, title={Simulation of wireless multi-* networks in NS-2}, proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={VALUETOOLS}, year={2010}, month={5}, keywords={Ns-2 multi-* wireless networks network layer architecture}, doi={10.4108/ICST.VALUETOOLS2008.4398} }- Laurent Paquereau
Bjarne E. Helvik
Year: 2010
Simulation of wireless multi-* networks in NS-2
VALUETOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.VALUETOOLS2008.4398
Abstract
Multi-technology, multi-homed, multi-hop, multi-interface, multi-channel, multi-route, multi-destination etc. Emerging wireless networks are multi-* networks. Emerging wireless networks are also no longer stand-alone and self-contained networks but connected to external networks. Simulating such complex systems requires advanced network simulation tools. The network simulator 2 (ns-2) is one of the most widely used simulators and has constantly been enriched to design, test and evaluate new network architectures and protocols. This paper motivates and presents the design and implementation of a network layer architecture that extends the functionality of ns-2 to support the aforementioned features. In particular, it provides support for multiple interfaces, potentially of different types, and multiple routing and forwarding protocols running on the same node.