Microwave Mobile Communications
Microwave Mobile Communications
Wireless Communications
A module-based wireless node for NS-2
WNS2 '06 Proceeding from the 2006 workshop on ns-2: the IP network simulator
WNS2 '06 Proceeding from the 2006 workshop on ns-2: the IP network simulator
Ambient networks: an architecture for communication networks beyond 3G
IEEE Wireless Communications
Cross-layer design for wireless networks
IEEE Communications Magazine
Dynamic network composition for beyond 3G networks: a 3GPP viewpoint
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
On the automation of computer network simulators
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
Proceedings of the Fourth ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks
Cognitive network access using fuzzy decision making
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Analysis of an anycast based overlay system for scalable service discovery and execution
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
The impact of directional antenna models on simulation accuracy
WiOPT'09 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks
Toward network coding-based protocols for data broadcasting in wireless ad hoc networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Improved modeling of IEEE 802.11a PHY through fine-grained measurements
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Increased connectivity at lower cost: The case for multi-radio nodes in multi-hop wireless networks
GLOBECOM'09 Proceedings of the 28th IEEE conference on Global telecommunications
Mobile ad hoc backbones: formation and maintenance
RWS'10 Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE conference on Radio and wireless symposium
OMNeT++-Based cross-layer simulator for content transmission over wireless ad hoc networks
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Special issue on simulators and experimental testbeds design and development for wireless networks
Simulation
Miracle: the multi-interface cross-layer extension of ns2
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Special issue on simulators and experimental testbeds design and development for wireless networks
Review: An overview of vertical handover techniques: Algorithms, protocols and tools
Computer Communications
Review: A survey on routing techniques in underwater wireless sensor networks
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Assessing RoQ attacks on MANETs over aware and unaware TPC techniques
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Network and Services Management
United we find: enabling mobile devices to cooperate for efficient neighbor discovery
Proceedings of the Twelfth Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems & Applications
Real-time collaborative tracking for underwater networked systems
Proceedings of the Seventh ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems
Adaptive cross-layer routing for underwater acoustic sensor networks with the SUNSET framework
Proceedings of the 11th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
Proceedings of the Eighth ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems
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In this paper we present a novel framework for ns2 to facilitate the simulation and, in general, the design of beyond 3G networks. The set of libraries we wrote for this purpose is called Multi InteRfAce Cross Layer Extension for ns2 (MIRACLE). They enhance the functionalities offered by the Network Simulator ns2 by providing an efficient and embedded engine for handling cross-layer messages and, at the same time, enabling the coexistence of multiple modules within each layer of the protocol stack. For instance, multiple network, link, MAC or physical layers can be specified and used within the same node. The implications of this are manifold. First of all, the framework facilitates the implementation and the simulation of modern communication systems in ns2. Secondly, due to its modularity, the code will be portable, re-usable and extensible. As an example of the advantages offered by our architecture, we show how the MIRACLE framework can be used to quickly set up protocol architectures for Ambient Networks [1] and evaluate their performance in wireless and multi-technology environments. We stress that, even though the emphasis in the present paper is put on wireless systems, MIRACLE is a general framework which can be used for simulating wired networks as well as a mixture of wired and wireless scenarios. Throughout the paper we also discuss some of the downsides of existing ns2 extensions, which are often programmed in a rather ad hoc manner, according to specific needs or technologies and, as such, are often difficult to extend/re-use. In contrast, our effort aims at providing well defined interfaces and is based on a truly modular architectural design. Our work can be seen as a step toward the definition of a standard framework for the simulation of cross-layer, multi-technology and mobile systems in ns2.