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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 […]

Installing NetSimulyzer 3D Visualization Tool under Debian/Ubuntu

NetSimulyzer 3D Visualization Tool In fact, ‘NetSimulyzer’ consists of two parts. One is the actual 3D visualization tool and the other is an ns-3 companion module. Both are named as […]
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Installing NetSimulyzer 3D Visualization Support Add-on Module in ns-3 under Debian/Ubuntu

NetSimulyzer ns-3 Add-on Module. In fact, ‘NetSimulyzer’ consists of two parts. One is the actual 3D visualization tool and the other is an ns-3 companion module. Both are named as […]
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Simulating Low-Rate TCP DoS Attacks under ns-3

Low-Rate TCP DoS attack is the second class of attacks that was explained by Kuzmanovic and Knightly’s in their paper, “Low-Rate TCP-Targeted Denial of Service Attacks”. In that paper, the […]
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Simulation of Different Mobility Models using Mobisim

1. Biased Markov Mobility Model. It is based on the Markov Mobility model. Generally, the Markovian nature of mobility was used to mimic human mobility. This model can be used […]
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Evaluation of TCP Variants on Wired Network

About this Example: This TCP simulation is base on the example code which is available with ns3. You may refer to the original example file for more details. In […]
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Learning ns-3 in Step by Step

Step 1: Install ns-3 as explained in the following article : A Simple Procedure for Installing ns-3 on Ubuntu Step 2: Do a simple simulation as explained in the following article : […]
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Trace Analysis of ns-3 Ascii Traces using TraceMetrics Tool – An elementary Trace Analysis Solution for ns-3

TraceMetrics TraceMetrics is a trace file analyzer for Network Simulator 3 (ns-3) and it is is an open-source software developed in Java. The main goal of this tool is […]
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Using ns-3 Topology Generator.

The ns-3 Topology Generator The ns-3 topology generator (Copyright (c) 2009 University of Strasbourg) provides a quick and easy way to create ns-3 simulation code in an automated fashion. While […]
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Simulating Freeway Mobility Model under ns-3 Using Trace Files Generated by Mobisim

Generate the Required Mobility Trace using Mobisim. For this, you may follow the steps described in my previous post VANET Mobility Trace file Generation using Mobisim for ns-2 and […]
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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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ns-3 Simulation Script Demystified

Constituents of an ns-3 Simulation Script. ns-3 provides support for very detailed simulation of different kinds of network-related problems and has a lot of features for simulation, analysis, and visualization. […]
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Event Trace File Generation in a ns-3 Simulation

Trace Files For Analysis ns-3 provides more than one way to log events for further analysis of a network simulation. Read the following article to get some idea about different […]
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Visualizing ns-3 Simulation using NetAnim

NetAnim – An Animator for ns-3 Simulations NetAnim is an offline network animator tool that now ships along with the ns-allinone-3.xx package. It can animate the ns-3 network simulation using an […]
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Start Experiencing ns-3 with a Simple Simulation

Doing a Simple Simulation From “Scratch” The following script “SimpleNS3Simulation1.cc” is a simple point-to-point example. In fact, this simple example simulation is created from the sample script first.cc which 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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