Versatile Model Architecture for Multi-channel MAC Simulation in NS2

Author

Wei, Gengyu ; Zhang, Dongmei

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Technoloty, Bejing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

288

Lastpage

294

Abstract

Research on multi-channel MAC has been got much attention in wireless networks. Extensions of NS2 mobile node architecture (MNA) to support multi-channel MAC simulation are not adaptable to home gateway configurations. This paper proposes a versatile model architecture (VMA) to make simulation of home gateway available. Based on the previous works, VMA defines an entity of data link adaptor and is capable to cover the configurations of multiple MACs and multiple multi-channel MACs. The paper presents how to extend MNA to VMA and how to modify NS2 simulation software. Validations of VMA-based multi-channel throughputs are present and discussed.

Keywords

access protocols; internetworking; mobile radio; wireless channels; NS2 mobile node architecture; data link adaptor; home gateway; medium access control protocol; multichannel MAC simulation; versatile model architecture; wireless network; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Frequency division multiaccess; Intelligent sensors; Media Access Protocol; Routing; Throughput; Time division multiple access; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; mobile network; multi-channel MAC; ns2; simulation model;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, 2008. MSN 2008. The 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3457-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSN.2008.50

Filename

4721284