Enhanced wireless mesh networking for ns-2 simulator Export

@article{citeulike:2191655, abstract = {The ns-2 simulator has limited support for simulating 802.11 based wireless mesh networks. We have added the following new features at the MAC and PHY layer of ns-2: (i) cumulative interference in SINR (Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio) computation, (ii) an accurate and combined shadow-fading module, (iii) multi-SINR and multi-rate link support, (iv) auto rate fallback (ARF) for rate adaptation, and (v) a framework for link probing and link quality estimation as required by most mesh routing protocols. We have made these modules publicly available. In this paper, we present an overview of these new features.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Mhatre, Vivek}, citeulike-article-id = {2191655}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1273455}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1273445.1273455}, doi = {10.1145/1273445.1273455}, issn = {0146-4833}, journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.}, keywords = {2, enhancement, mesh, mesh-network, network, network-simulator, networksimulator, ns, ns-2, ns2, simulator, v2, wireless, wireless-mesh, wireless-mesh-network, wireless-network, wmn}, month = {July}, number = {3}, pages = {69--72}, posted-at = {2009-07-09 23:45:23}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Enhanced wireless mesh networking for ns-2 simulator}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1273445.1273455}, volume = {37}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2191655 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2191655 N2 - The ns-2 simulator has limited support for simulating 802.11 based wireless mesh networks. We have added the following new features at the MAC and PHY layer of ns-2: (i) cumulative interference in SINR (Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio) computation, (ii) an accurate and combined shadow-fading module, (iii) multi-SINR and multi-rate link support, (iv) auto rate fallback (ARF) for rate adaptation, and (v) a framework for link probing and link quality estimation as required by most mesh routing protocols. We have made these modules publicly available. In this paper, we present an overview of these new features. IS - 3 JF - SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev. SN - 0146-4833 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 72 TI - Enhanced wireless mesh networking for ns-2 simulator PB - ACM VL - 37 SP - 69 KW - 2 KW - enhancement KW - mesh KW - mesh-network KW - network KW - network-simulator KW - networksimulator KW - ns KW - ns-2 KW - ns2 KW - simulator KW - v2 KW - wireless KW - wireless-mesh KW - wireless-mesh-network KW - wireless-network KW - wmn AU - Mhatre, Vivek PY - 2007/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1273445.1273455 ER -