Modeling and Tools for Network Simulation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wehrle, Klaus (Editor), Güneş, Mesut (Editor), Gross, James (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Computer system failures.; Computers.; Computer simulation.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Simulation and Modeling.; Theory of Computation.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; System Performance and Evaluation.

A crucial step during the design and engineering of communication systems is the estimation of their performance and behavior; especially for mathematically complex or highly dynamic systems network simulation is particularly useful. This book focuses on tools, modeling principles and state-of-the a...

Table of Contents:

• I. Tools and Methods for Network Simulation
• The ns-3 Network Simulator
• OMNeT++
• IKR Simulation Library
• Open WNS
• From Simulations to Deployments
• Tools and Modeling Approaches for Simulating Hardware and Systems
• Parallel Discrete Event Simulation
• II. Lower Layer Wireless Modeling
• Physical Layer Modeling
• Link Layer Modeling
• Channel Modeling
• Selected System Models
• Wireless Networking Use Cases
• Modeling Mobility
• Modeling Handover from the Access Networks’ Perspective
• III. Higher Layer Modeling
• Modeling the Network Layer and Routing Protocols
• Modeling Transport Layer Protocols
• Modeling Application Traffic
• Modeling the Internet Delay Space and its Application in Large Scale P2P Simulations
• Modeling User Behavior in P2P Systems
• Modeling Security Aspects of Network
• Modeling the Network Topology.