Simulation of transport protocols over wireless communication networks

We describe a general-purpose communication network simulator that we designed to examine the performance of transport protocols over wireless networks. The general-purpose simulator can be used to study various aspects of performance of communication networks. In particular, we use it to examine, evaluate and predict the performance of wireless networks under a variety of the most commonly used transport protocols. We also examine the use of newly suggested protocols specifically designed for wireless networks. We present our models for each protocol and discuss various performance measures that can be studied using our simulator. These measures are hard to evaluate with analytical models