A survey on real-world implementations of mobile ad-hoc networks
Ad Hoc Networks
MM-ulator: Towards a Common Evaluation Platform for Mixed Mode Environments
SIMPAR '08 Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots
Visualization of resource allocation in large-scale mobile ad hoc networks
ISVC'07 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Advances in visual computing - Volume Part I
A portable real-time emulator for testing multi-radio MANETs
IPDPS'06 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Parallel and distributed processing
VIRMANEL: a mobile multihop network virtualization tool
Proceedings of the seventh ACM international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation and characterization
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Developing and evaluating protocols and applications for mobile ad-hoc networks requires significant organisational effort when real mobile ad-hoc networks with several mobile terminals are considered. For fine tuning and optimizing ad-hoc protocols, network simulators like the OpNet Modeller, NS2, or GloMoSim are most suitable. However, for the comprehension of the mode of operations of adhoc network mechanisms and their effects on the communication flow of applications a real-time experiment environment is more preferable. In this paper, an emulation environment for mobile ad-hoc networks is presented, which operates within existing local area networks utilizing virtual overlay structures reflecting the characteristics of mobile ad-hoc networks. Routing protocols and applications are able to communicate in real-time over emulated mobile infrastuctures using the unmodified IP protocol stack. The emulator provides an extensible interface for specifying mobility patterns in order to define and to evaluate diverse mobile scenarios. Several ad-hoc specific mobility patterns have been integrated and evaluated.