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Installing ‘lorawan’ extension module version v0.3.1 under ns-3.42

LoRaWAN The LoRa Alliance first defined the LoRaWAN standard with the objective of creating a medium access scheme and a set of network management policies that leverage the properties of […]

Simulation and Analysis of IoT LoRaWAN Networks Under ns-3

Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN). These networks use low-power radio signals, such as those in the sub-1 GHz range, to send small amounts of data over a large area. LPWANs are […]

Creating Random Road Network, Traffic Flows, Signals in SUMO

SUMO has different tools for creating and customizing road networks and traffic flows and traffic signals. In this article, we will use some of those tools available in SUMO to […]

Implementation of Spring Mobility Model for ns-3 and Visualizing it in 3D along with Circle Mobility

Spring Mobility Spring mobility is nothing but making a node to move in a path similar to that of an expanded circular coil spring. From the top or bottom point […]

Implementation of Circle Mobility Model for ns-3 and Visualizing it in 3D

Mobility Models of ns-3. The default ns-3 installation will contain the following mobility models. MobilityModel Subclasses ConstantPosition ConstantVelocity ConstantAcceleration GaussMarkov Hierarchical RandomDirection2D RandomWalk2D RandomWaypoint SteadyStateRandomWaypoint Waypoint PositionAllocator Position allocators […]

3D Aquatic Animal Tracking Underwater Network Simulation (UWSN) Under ns-3

Aquatic Animal Tracking: Tracking marine animals can be extremely tricky due to GPS signals not functioning well underwater[1]. Underwater acoustic communication is a technique of sending and receiving messages below […]

Installing ns-3 and NetAnim Under New Windows 11 Using WSL2

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment — including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications — directly on Windows, […]
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Installing WSL2 Under Windows 11 and Running GUI Linux Apps.

Even though the latest Linux distributions are user-friendly, students and scholars tend to use Windows since they are only familiar with Windows operating system and will find it difficult to […]
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Installing SUMO, OmNet++ and Veins for doing VANET Research.

This article explains the installation of SUMO, OmNet++ and Veins for doing VANET Research. We can do a VANET research in an integrated manner using these three pieces of software […]
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Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing (GPSR) Extension for ns-3

Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing (GPSR). In [2], the authors present Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing. “It is a novel routing protocol for wireless datagram networks that uses the positions of routers and […]
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Possibility of Simulating 6G THz Terasim along with ms-van3t

Sixth-Generation Wireless (6G) 6G is the successor to 5G cellular technology. 6G networks will be able to use higher frequencies than 5G networks and provide substantially higher capacity and much […]
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Simulation of 5G Networks under Omnet++ and Simu5G simulator

Simu5G is the evolution of the popular SimuLTE 4G network simulator that incorporates 5G New Radio access[1]. It is based on the OMNeT++ framework, written in C++ and is fully customizable with […]
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Installing the FlyNetSim Integrated UAV-Network Simulator under “chroot”

Generally, we can do FANET/UAV/DRONE simulations as mentioned in the following article : Simulation of UAV based Search and Rescue Scenario with ns-3 FlyNetSim is somewhat different from the […]
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My First Experience on Raising a ns3-dev Merge-Request at GitLab

In this post, I want to share my first experience on ‘Raising a simple merge request at GitLab’ at https://gitlab.com/nsnam/ns-3-dev/-/merge_requests You may find that specific request at – A Simple CircleMobilityModel […]
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Confusions in Contributing Our New Model to mainline ns-3.

For a very long time, I wish to contribute my own little things to ns-3. But whenever I read the guide on contributing to ns-3, I could not able to understand […]
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Ns-3 – Is it a Network Simulator or a Network Simulation(/Simulator) Library?

I started to discuss problems in understanding ns-3 in the article “What Makes ns-3 a Complex Thing to Understand and Use? “. I received answers and valuable comments from the ns-3 […]
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What Makes ns-3 a Complex Thing to Understand and Use?

While starting to learn ns-3, most of us find it very difficult to understand. Particularly, if the student is already familiar with ns-2 or Omnet++ then it will even become […]
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A Tiny Tutorial with Very Tiny Examples to Understand ns-2

Of course, it is a very late tutorial for ns-2. But I wish to post this tutorial because, even after the official closure of the development activity on ns-2, still […]
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Installing ns2.35(ns-allinone-2.35) Under Debian chroot Jail

“Ns-2 began as a revision of ns-1. From 1997 to 2000, ns development was supported by DARPA through the VINT project at LBL, Xerox PARC, UCB, and USC/ISI. “[1]. Even […]
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Installing ns3-ai Model under ns-3.35

If we want to implement AI algorithms in our custom network protocol/application under ns-3, then the direct way is to incorporate an existing AI/ML/DL framework with it. If it will […]
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Installing ns3-ai Model under “chroot Jail”

Using AI/ML algorithms with ns-3. If we want to implement AI algorithms in your custom network protocol/application under ns-3, then the direct way is to incorporate an existing AI/ML/DL framework […]
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