An integrated environment for testing mobile ad-hoc networks
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking & computing
Lowering the barrier to wireless and mobile experimentation
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Towards large-scale mobile network emulation through spatial switching on a wireless grid
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Experimental approaches to wireless network design and analysis
Illinois wireless wind tunnel: a testbed for experimental evaluation of wireless networks
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Experimental approaches to wireless network design and analysis
A software architecture for physical layer wireless network emulation
WiNTECH '06 Proceedings of the 1st international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation & characterization
A survey on real-world implementations of mobile ad-hoc networks
Ad Hoc Networks
On topology creation for an indoor wireless grid
Proceedings of the third ACM international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation and characterization
An Overview of MANETs Simulation
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
"RF in the Jungle": effect of environment assumptions on wireless experiment repeatability
ICC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE international conference on Communications
Experimental analysis and characterization of a wireless sensor network environment
Proceedings of the 7th ACM workshop on Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Investigation into BATMANd-0.3.2 Protocol performance in an indoor mesh potato testbed
Proceedings of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference on Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership in a Diverse, Multidisciplinary Environment
Device driver-enabled wireless network emulation
Proceedings of the 4th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
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The development of multi-hop routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) typically begins with extensive simulation and then proceeds to implementation and real-world testing. While simulation environments can be carefully controlled, real-world environments present numerous difficulties that hinder efficient protocol implementation and testing. These include uncontrolled radio interference and propagation events, hard-to-reproduce network topologies and node mobility patterns, and experimental setups that are inconveniently large. In this paper we present a method for supporting protocol implementation and experimentation in a small testbed setting where variables can be controlled and experimental conditions can be reproduced. The testbed operation is independent of the operating system of the implementation platforms and works with most modern wireless networking interfaces without modifications. A "testbed on a desktop"constructed using the ideas we discuss allows the developer to create stable testing environments in which real-world conditions can be introduced in a convenient, deterministic and reproducible manner