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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 DRL based CW Optimization Framework under ns3-gym

Contention Window Optimization. The proper setting of contention window (CW) values has a significant impact on the efficiency of Wi-Fi networks. Unfortunately, the standard method used by 802.11 networks is […]
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Installing ns-3 with ndnSIM on Debian 10 chroot Environment.

ndnSIM: Named-Data Networking (NDN) Simulator. ndnSIM is an ns-3 module to enable experimentation with Named-Data Networking (NDN). It is an open-source ns-3 module that enables experimentation with the Named-Data Networking […]
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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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Installing Millicar ns-3 Module for MmWave NR V2X Networks

Millicar is an ns-3 module for the simulation of Vehicle-to-Vehicle networks operating at mmWaves[2]. It was developed by SIGNET Lab, University of Padova. The following figure from [1] shows the […]
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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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Message Flooding Simulation Under Wireless Network using ns2

Flooding is a reliable mechanism to forward a message in a wired or wireless network. There are generally two types of flooding available, uncontrolled flooding and controlled flooding.[1] In uncontrolled […]
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Installing ns3-gym AI Model under Chroot Jail

ns3-gym is the first framework for RL research in networking[4]. It is based on OpenAI Gym, a toolkit for RL research and ns-3 network simulator. Specifically, it allows representing an […]
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Trace Analysis of TCP Flows Under ns-3 MANET/ FANET/ VANET/ WSN Scenario

Simulation of Simple 3D FANET with TCP flows under ns-3 In this example, we simulate TCP flows in a FANET scenario, but the same idea can be implemented on a […]
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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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An ns-3 Simulation to Plot Circle Mobility on Graph

In a previous article, “Implementation of Circle Mobility Mdel for ns-3 and Visualizing it in 3D“, I showed the creation of a new mobility model class implementation for simulating circular […]
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Installing ms-van3t – A Multi-Stack VANET Framework for ns-3

Introduction to “ms-van3t”. “ms-van3t” is a Multi-Stack VANET Framework module developed for ns-3. This module can be used to build and simulate ETSI-compliant VANET (V2X) applications using SUMO and ns-3[1]. […]
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An Elementary Research on UWSN using ns-2

Introduction. Even after a lot of theoretical understanding of particular networking technology, for a beginner, understanding the way in which they are implemented in a practical system or in a […]
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Underwater Wireless Sensor Network (UWSN) Simulation using ns-2

Introduction to Underwater Networks and Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks UAN – Underwater Acoustic Network An Underwater Acoustic Network (UAN) is a network of underwater devices that communicate with each other […]
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Real-time Visualization of TCP cwnd, rtt, rto and ssthreshold Dynamics of a 3D FANET Scenario

Simulation of Simple 3D FANET with TCP flows under ns-3 In this example, we simulate TCP flows in a FANET scenario, but the same idea can be implemented on a […]
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