Wireless Network Simulation

Learn to run your own simulation by working with model analysis, mathematical background, simulation output data, and most importantly, a network simulator for wireless technology. This book introduces the best practices of simulator use, the techniques for analyzing simulations with artificial agents and the integration with other technologies such as Power Line Communications (PLC).

Network simulation is a key technique used to test the future behavior of a network. It’s a vital development component for the development of 5G, IoT, wireless sensor networks, and many more. This book explains the scope and evolution of the technology that has led to the development of dynamic systems such as Internet of Things and fog computing.

You’ll focus on the ad hoc networks with stochastic behavior and dynamic nature, and the ns-3 simulator. These are useful open source tools for academics, researchers, students and engineers to deploy telecommunications experiments, proofs and new scenarios with a high degree of similarity with reality. You’ll also benefit from a detailed explanation of the examples and the theoretical components needed to deploy wireless simulations or wired, if necessary.

What You’ll Learn

• Review best practices of simulator uses
• Understand techniques for analyzing simulations with artificial agents
• Apply simulation techniques and experiment design
• Program on ns-3 simulator
• Analyze simulation results
• Create new modules or protocols for wired and wireless networks

Who This Book Is For

Undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and professors interested in network simulations. This book also includes theoretical components about simulation, which are useful for those interested in discrete event simulation DES, general theory of simulation, wireless simulation and ns-3 simulator.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Simulation

Chapter 2: Wireless and Ad Hoc Networks

Chapter 3: Design of Simulation Experiments

Chapter 4: Network Simulating Using ns-3

Chapter 5: Analysis of Results

Chapter 6: MANET Simulation on ns-3

Chapter 7: MANETs and PLC on ns-3

Appendix A: Basic Statistics

Appendix B: ns-3 Installation

Appendix C: Mininet

Appendix D: ns3-gym: OpenAI Gym Integration

Appendix E: Experiments

Appendix F: PLC Code Experiment

About the Authors

Henry Zárate Ceballos received his PhD in Engineering Computing and Systems and Masters Degree in Telecommunications from the National University of Colombia. Henry is currently a researcher with the TLÖN Group. Henry has worked extesensively with the Ns-2 and Ns-3 simulators and wireless distributed operative systems.

Jorge Ernesto Parra Amaris received his Masters Degree in Telecommunication from the National University of Colombia, and is an Electronics Engineer from the Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito. Jorge’s Masters thesis proposed a unique algorithm which was validated through simulation using NS-3.

Hernán Jiménez Jiménez received his postgraduate Masters in Telecommunications from the National University of Colombia. Hernán is currently a researcher at TLÖN Group.

Diego Alexis Romero Rincón received his Masters in Electronics from the National University of Colombia and is currently a researcher with the TLÖN Group. Diego focused his Masters thesis on on the NS-3 simulator. Deigo is currently a lecturer at the National University of Colombia.

Oscar Agudelo Rojas is a systems engineer and lecturer at the National University of Colombia, where he also received his Masters degree in Telecommunications. His research work includes networks (wired and wireless), network coding, simulation (ns2-ns3) and parallel and distributed systems.

​Jorge Eduardo Ortiz Triviño received his PhD in Engineering Computing Systems and Masters Degrees in Telecommunications, Statistics, and Philosophy from the National University of Colombia. Jorge is currently a professor at the National University of Colombia, while also working as a network specialist.