A Simulation Testing Platform of Ad Hoc Network

For the requirement of QoS (reliability, delay etc) in power system, performance of ad hoc networks should be testified by experiments. Till recently, performances of ad hoc network are mostly tested by simulation software, such as NS, OPNET etc. But a lot of practical factors can´t be taken into account in simulation software. For example, obstacles, electromagnetic interferences, and so on. Utilized NDIS (network driver interface specification) intermediate driver and Passthru architecture, a simulation testing platform of wireless ad hoc networks is presented. The characteristic and the application prospects of the platform are introduced finally.