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Installing ‘lorawan’ extension module version v0.3.1 under ns-3.42

LoRaWAN The LoRa Alliance first defined the LoRaWAN standard with the objective of creating a medium access scheme and a set of network management policies that leverage the properties of […]

Simulation and Analysis of IoT LoRaWAN Networks Under ns-3

Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN). These networks use low-power radio signals, such as those in the sub-1 GHz range, to send small amounts of data over a large area. LPWANs are […]

Creating Random Road Network, Traffic Flows, Signals in SUMO

SUMO has different tools for creating and customizing road networks and traffic flows and traffic signals. In this article, we will use some of those tools available in SUMO to […]

Implementation of Spring Mobility Model for ns-3 and Visualizing it in 3D along with Circle Mobility

Spring Mobility Spring mobility is nothing but making a node to move in a path similar to that of an expanded circular coil spring. From the top or bottom point […]

Implementation of Circle Mobility Model for ns-3 and Visualizing it in 3D

Mobility Models of ns-3. The default ns-3 installation will contain the following mobility models. MobilityModel Subclasses ConstantPosition ConstantVelocity ConstantAcceleration GaussMarkov Hierarchical RandomDirection2D RandomWalk2D RandomWaypoint SteadyStateRandomWaypoint Waypoint PositionAllocator Position allocators […]

3D Aquatic Animal Tracking Underwater Network Simulation (UWSN) Under ns-3

Aquatic Animal Tracking: Tracking marine animals can be extremely tricky due to GPS signals not functioning well underwater[1]. Underwater acoustic communication is a technique of sending and receiving messages below […]

Implementing a 3D UWSN Localization Algorithm in ns-2-Aquasim

This article addresses some of the obstacles that one should pass before trying to implement a custom 3D version of any localization algorithm under ns-2-Aquasim. Of course, this installation or […]
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Would an AI system replace an ns-3/ns-2 Developer or an Expert?

Introduction. While starting to learn ns-3 from its very first release, it was impossible for me to understand it for some inexpressible reasons. I explained “why it took around 10 […]
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Installing ns-2 on Linux System with the Latest gcc Compiler

In fact, while compiling ns-2-allinone package, generally it will expect a very old compiler like gcc4 or gcc5. If you search the internet[2] for compilation issues of ns-2, probably you […]
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Cognitive Radio Cognitive Network(CRCN) Simulator for ns-2.

Cognitive Radio “A cognitive radio (CR) is a radio that can be programmed and configured dynamically to use the best wireless channels in its vicinity to avoid user interference and […]
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Secrets of Using Fuzzy Logic in ns-2 using Fyzzylite Library

Why Software like Matlab should not be used for Designing and Testing a Network Protocol? The choice of using Matlab or similar tools for a Network Protocol-related research is not […]
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ns-3 Drone Display Simulation using ns-2 Mobility Trace File

Even though I am not civilized enough to say “wish messages” to people, let me try to deliver a “Happy New Year” wish message to the members of ns-3 user […]
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An Elementary Research on UWSN using ns-2

Introduction. Even after a lot of theoretical understanding of particular networking technology, for a beginner, understanding the way in which they are implemented in a practical system or in a […]
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Underwater Wireless Sensor Network (UWSN) Simulation using ns-2

Introduction to Underwater Networks and Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks UAN – Underwater Acoustic Network An Underwater Acoustic Network (UAN) is a network of underwater devices that communicate with each other […]
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FSO Ns-2 Extention – Will it really work as per your expectation?

If you are a researcher and doing research on Free Space Optical Network, and trying to do it using an ns2 simulator, you may see an FSO extension available for […]
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Installing Aqua-Sim in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – Underwater Sensor Network Simulation with ns-2

Aqua-Sim Aqua-Sim is an ns-2 based simulator for simulating underwater sensor networks. It can simulate acoustic signal attenuation, packet collisions, routing in underwater sensor networks. According to its manual, it […]
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Using ns-2 Mobility Traces in ns-3 Simulation – A Simplified Example

ns-3 support different kinds of mobility models. In addition to that, it has support for importing mobility traces of other simulators and other mobility generators. In this article, we will […]
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VANET Mobility Trace file Generation using Mobisim for ns-2 and ns-3 Simulations

Mobisim Mobisim is a mobility generation (and visualization tool) that can be used to generate mobility models including the FreeWay mobility model. You may download Mobisim from the following link: […]
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Procedure for Installing MultiChannel Patch for ns-2 Cognitive Radio Network Model Simulations

Installing Cognitive Radio Extension on ns-2 The following article explains the way of installing cognitive radio extension on ns-2 simulator with a detailed step by step procedure. Cognitive Radio […]
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Procedure for installing NIST WiMax Extentions on an old ns-2

NIST WiMax Extention The model currently implemented by NIST is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard (802.16-2004) and the mobility extension 80216e-2005. The features not implemented can be put into […]
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Procedure for Installing TCP Westwood on an old ns-2

Installing tcp-westwood 1. Add the modules tcp-westwood.cc and tcp-westwood.h to the main NS-2 directory (which is something like: ../ns-allinone-2.28/ns-2.28 /tcp 2. Modify the Makefile so that it compiles and links […]
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