On Software Tools and Stack Architectures for Wireless Network Experiments
Citation:
A. S. Abdallah, A. B. MacKenzie, L. A. DaSilva, and M. S. Thompson, On Software Tools and Stack Architectures for Wireless Network Experiments, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Cancun, Mexico, 28-31 March, 2011, 2131 - 2136Download Item:
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Abstract:
Simulation is still the most widely adopted perfor-
mance evaluation technique in mobile ad hoc network research,
in spite of a growing number of questions about the fidelity
of this technique. Implementation-based testing and evaluation
of wireless networks tends to produce believable results, but
the technique sometimes suffers from poor repeatability, high
implementation cost, and complex experimental logistics. The
topic of this paper is software tools to enable implementation-
based experimental research on wireless networks. We review
some of the existing tools and propose the Flexible Internetwork
Stack (FINS) framework, our open-source solution for network
protocol implementation, integration, and testing. FINS aims to
provide researchers with monitoring, logging, and reconfiguring
utilities similar to the ones provided by simulation environments
or emulation testbeds.
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
0916300
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