Simulation of multi-radio multi-channel 802.11-based mesh networks in ns-3

In the context of wireless network simulation, many simulators are capable of evaluating the performance of single-channel network protocols, but they need many modifications to be able to simulate multi-radio multi-channel networks. We address the problem of simulating channel assignment protocols...

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Autores: Amiri Nezhad, Maryam, Guerrero Zapata, Manel, Bellalta, Boris, Cerdà Alabern, Llorenç
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/23260
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/23260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-118
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Processos de Markov
Xarxes sense fils
Network simulation
ns-3
Channel assignment
Mesh networks
Markov model
Validation
Verification
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Sumario:In the context of wireless network simulation, many simulators are capable of evaluating the performance of single-channel network protocols, but they need many modifications to be able to simulate multi-radio multi-channel networks. We address the problem of simulating channel assignment protocols for multi-radio wireless mesh networks in ns-3 simulator, providing the essential steps needed to simulate a channel assignment protocol. In addition, we explain the details of simulating the Semi-dynamic Interference aware Channel Assignment (SICA) protocol as an example. We use SICA as a reference to address the challenges of validating and verifying the simulation model. To validate the channel assignment model in SICA, we use mathematical validation based on Markov chains. Furthermore, we propose a novel automated test module to verify the simulation process.