The design and implementation of WiMAX module for ns-2 simulator

  • Authors:

  • Jenhui Chen;Chih-Chieh Wang;Frank Chee-Da Tsai;Chiang-Wei Chang;Syao-Syuan Liu;Jhenjhong Guo;Wei-Jen Lien;Jui-Hsiang Sum;Chih-Hsin Hung

  • Affiliations:

  • Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.;Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.;Institute for Information Industry (III), Taipei, Taiwan;Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.;Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.;Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.;Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.;Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.;Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  • Venue:
  • WNS2 '06 Proceeding from the 2006 workshop on ns-2: the IP network simulator
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The network simulator 2 (ns-2) is a popular and powerful simulation tool for the simulation of packet-switched networks, which provides substantial support for simulation of TCP, routing, and MAC protocols over wired and wireless networks, such as wireless LANs, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), and satellite communications, etc, and is widely used in both academia and industry. Although many protocol modules have been implemented in the ns-2, the IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless access networks (BWANs) or WiMAX module has not been contributed yet. Thus, in this paper, we present our detailed design and implementation of the WiMAX module based on the IEEE 802.16 standard with the point-to-multipoint (PMP) mode for the ns-2. The implemented module comprises fundamental functions of the service-specific convergence sublayer (CS), the MAC common part sublayer (CPS), and the PHY layer. A simple call admission control (CAC) mechanism and the scheduler are also included in this module.