Introduction to Network Simulator NS2

✍ Scribed by Teerawat Issariyakul, Ekram Hossain (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 535
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Network Simulator NS2 is a primer providing materials for NS2 beginners, whether students, professors, or researchers for understanding the architecture of Network Simulator 2 (NS2) and for incorporating simulation modules into NS2. The authors discuss the simulation architecture and the key components of NS2 including simulation-related objects, network objects, packet-related objects, and helper objects. The NS2 modules included within are nodes, links, SimpleLink objects, packets, agents, and applications. Further, the book covers three helper modules: timers, random number generators, and error models. Also included are chapters on summary of debugging, variable and packet tracing, result compilation, and examples for extending NS2. Two appendices provide the details of scripting language Tcl, OTcl and AWK, as well object oriented programming used extensively in NS2.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Simulation of Computer Networks....Pages 1-20
Introduction to Network Simulator 2 (NS2)....Pages 21-40
Linkage Between OTcl and C++ in NS2....Pages 41-75
Implementation of Discrete-Event Simulation in NS2....Pages 77-95
Network Objects: Creation, Configuration, and Packet Forwarding....Pages 97-109
Nodes as Routers or Computer Hosts....Pages 111-149
Link and Buffer Management....Pages 151-167
Packets, Packet Headers, and Header Format....Pages 169-208
Transport Control Protocols Part 1: An Overview and User Datagram Protocol Implementation....Pages 209-228
Transport Control Protocols Part 2: Transmission Control Protocol....Pages 229-272
Application: User Demand Indicator....Pages 273-292
Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 293-344
Developing New Modules for NS2....Pages 345-368
Postsimulation Processing: Debugging, Tracing, and Result Compilation....Pages 369-408
Related Helper Classes....Pages 409-453
Programming Essentials....Pages 455-483
A Review of the Polymorphism Concept in OOP....Pages 485-497
BSD Link List and Bit Level Functions....Pages 499-500
Back Matter....Pages 501-510

✦ Subjects

Communications Engineering, Networks; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Information Systems and Communication Service