TY - GEN
T1 - Experience report on implementing and simulating a routing protocol in NS-2 and NS-3
AU - Brugge, Jonathan
AU - Paquereau, Laurent
AU - Heegaard, Poul E.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Among specialized tools for simulation of network protocols, the network simulator 2 (ns-2) has been a first choice for over a decade. Its intended successor, ns-3, has been under active development since 2006 and was first made publicly available in 2008. However, ns-3 is not a new version of ns-2, but a completely new tool, and today ns-2 and ns-3 co-exist. In this paper, we report our practical experience in implementing and simulating the same routing protocol in both tools and, based on this experience, compare ns-2 and ns-3. In particular, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the increased realism of ns-3.
AB - Among specialized tools for simulation of network protocols, the network simulator 2 (ns-2) has been a first choice for over a decade. Its intended successor, ns-3, has been under active development since 2006 and was first made publicly available in 2008. However, ns-3 is not a new version of ns-2, but a completely new tool, and today ns-2 and ns-3 co-exist. In this paper, we report our practical experience in implementing and simulating the same routing protocol in both tools and, based on this experience, compare ns-2 and ns-3. In particular, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the increased realism of ns-3.
KW - CEAS
KW - Ns-2
KW - Ns-3
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649438510&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SIMUL.2010.25
DO - 10.1109/SIMUL.2010.25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649438510
SN - 9780769541426
T3 - Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Advances in System Simulation, SIMUL 2010
SP - 88
EP - 93
BT - Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Advances in System Simulation, SIMUL 2010
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in System Simulation, SIMUL 2010
Y2 - 22 August 2010 through 27 August 2010
ER -