Simulation of wireless networks

  • Authors:
  • M. S. Obaidat;D. B. Green

  • Affiliations:
  • Monmouth University, NJ;Monmouth University, NJ

  • Venue:
  • Applied system simulation
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Simulation of wireless networks is important at all stages of their life including the design, operational, and testing stages. Simulation is used to predict the performance of a wireless network's architecture, protocol, device, topology, etc. It is a cost-effective and flexible technique to performance evaluation of wireless systems. This chapter aims at reviewing the main aspects of wireless systems including wireless node object model, radio propagation, physical and media access control layers, and wireless network architectures. Then we review the simulation tools and packages that are optimized for this task. Case studies on simulation of wireless network systems are presented in order to demonstrate the main concepts.