VirtualMesh: An emulation framework for wireless mesh and ad hoc networks in OMNeT++

Simulation

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 66-81

  Staub, Thomas ^a   Gantenbein, Reto ^a   Braun, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

integration of real nodes in a simulated environment; network emulation; network simulation; OMNeT++; pre deployment testing; wireless emulation

Indexed keywords

NETWORK EMULATION; NETWORK SIMULATION; OMNET++; PRE-DEPLOYMENT TESTING; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; WIRELESS EMULATION;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MESH NETWORKING; TEST FACILITIES; TESTING; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 78650321068     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549710373909     Document Type: Article

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