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On the accuracy of MANET simulators

Year: 2002

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The deployment of wireless applications or protocols in the context of Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs), often requires to step through a simulation phase. For the results of the simulation to be meaningful, it is important that the model on which is based the simulator matches as closely as possible the reality. In this paper we present the simulation results of a straightforward algorithm using several popular simulators (OPNET Modeler, NS-2, GloMoSim). The results tend to show that significant divergences exist between the simulators. This can be explained partly by the mismatching of the modelisation of each simulator and also by the different levels of detail provided to implement and configure the simulated scenarios.

DOI: 10.1145/584490.584499

Authors: David Cavin, Yoav Sasson, André Schiper

Language: English

Topic: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Award: NCCR MICS: Mobile Information and Communication Systems (phase I)

OpenAlex ID: W2165200427

FWCI: 7.03

Cites: 8

Cited by: 340

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