NCTUns 4.0: An Integrated Simulation Platform for Vehicular Traffic, Communication, and Network Researches

Author

Wang, S.Y. ; Chou, C.L. ; Chiu, Y.H. ; Tzeng, Y.S. ; Hsu, M.S. ; Cheng, Y.W. ; Liu, W.L. ; Ho, T.W.

Author_Institution

Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2081

Lastpage

2085

Abstract

In this paper, we present an integrated simulation platform, called NCTUns, for vehicular traffic, communication, and network researches. This platform combines the capabilities supported by a network simulator and those supported by a traffic simulator. With these simulation capabilities, NCTUns can be used to design protocols for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) communication networks such as a wireless vehicular communication network. Besides, the novel architecture of the platform enables the real-world Linux protocol stack and any real-world application to be used in simulations of such networks. In this paper, we present the design of NCTUns for supporting ITS researches and show its scalability.

Keywords

Linux; automated highways; mobile communication; protocols; traffic engineering computing; ITS communication networks; Linux protocol stack; NCTUns 4.0; integrated simulation platform; intelligent transportation system communication networks; traffic simulator; vehicular communication; vehicular network researches; vehicular traffic; Communication networks; Intelligent networks; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Linux; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Transport protocols; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2007. VTC-2007 Fall. 2007 IEEE 66th

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0263-2

Electronic_ISBN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2007.437

Filename

4350086