Wireless networks simulation.ppt

Wireless networks simulation Performance evaluation of a protocol for ad hoc networks is usually performed by simulating the wireless network. Simulation provides the researcher with a number of significant benefits, including repeatable scenarios, isolation of parameters and exploration of a variety of metrics. In particular, A Wireless Network simulation MUST model: Mobile Nodes’ characteristics such as: transmission range, limited buffer capacity, battery power limitations, signals radio propagation ect. Communication traffic model (what kind of data flow is there?) Mobility model (movements of the users i.e. devices) a few others Trace vs. Synthetic mobility models (1) Trace vs. Synthetic mobility models (2) Synthetic mobility models classification Random Walk (1) Random Walk (2) Surface size 300 x 600 m, tm = 60s Random Waypoint (1) Random Waypoint (2) Surface size 300 x 600 m Random Direction (1) Random Direction (2) Surface size 300 x 600 m Gauss-Markov (1) Gauss-Markov (2) Example I describe the implementation used in [2]: WHERE: is the tuning parameter chosen in [0,1] , are constants. The mean values for SX and DX (both Gaussian) sXn-1 and dXn-1 are the random variables from SX and DX Boundless simulation area Nodes move on the torus internal surface It is not any longer needed to describe the node’s behavior on the border. Radio signal propagation must be modelled accordingly City mobility model it represents a section of a city where an ad-hoc network operates [4]. It models factors as: A street network A set of buildings Destination points ( where nodes randomly start from and hear for ) Column MM it is a group MM, Suitable for representing soldiers marching: Initially a reference point is chosen and assigned to each MNs. The peculiarity is to choose points on a line (culumn) Nodes are subsequently allowed to move around their reference point according to an Entity MM Reference points change: New_ref_point = Old_r