INETMANET Framework
In this chapter we introduce the INETMANET framework and the principal differences with the INET Framework whereof it is derived. INETMANET is especially oriented towards the simulation of Mobile Ad Hoc NETworks (MANETs) and wireless mesh networks offerin
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INETMANET Framework Alfonso Ariza and Vincenzo Inzillo
3.1 Introduction Mobile Ad Hoc NETworks (MANETs) is an area of networking research that has been the focus of a special attention in the latest years. With the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) concept, the protocols that had been developed for MANETs have returned to be an object of interest. A characteristic of this type of networks is the auto-configuration capability. The nodes in a MANET can discover the topology of the network, adapting autonomously to possible topology changes, and creating a mesh network with the ability to send data using intermediate nodes (e.g., routers), thus being able to reach nodes that are outside their coverage area. Several simulation tools have offered solutions to support the modeling and simulation of MANETs. However, all have several aspects in common, namely support for MANET routing protocols, the inclusion of wireless technologies that could work in ad-hoc mode and in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) bands, wireless propagation models, and mobility models that allow to simulate the movement of the nodes. Some of these simulators also include energy models, which allow simulating the battery consumption of the nodes, as well as obstacles models, which allow studying the performance of a network in the presence of obstacles that attenuate the radio signal strength.
A. Ariza () E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain e-mail: [email protected] V. Inzillo DIMES, University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 A. Virdis, M. Kirsche (eds.), Recent Advances in Network Simulation, EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12842-5_3
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The first version of the INET Framework had serious limitations in the simulation of MANET networks. It included only a basic support of some of these modules, offering some mobility models and the support of the standard IEEE 802.11b-1999. Keeping this in mind, INETMANET emerged initially as a fork of the INET Framework focused on the simulation of wireless MANETs with the inclusion of several MANET routing protocols. It offered a modified INET Framework including an adaptation of the protocol Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) [13] while overcoming some of the INET Framework limitations. A significant limitation of the first INET versions (before the release of the current INET Framework version 4.0, see Chap. 2) regarding the simulation of realistic MANET networks was the link layer protocol support and the lack of routing protocols. INETMANET overcame this limitation by introducing advanced IEEE 802 protocols; in this case, it included 802.11a/g/e and 802.15.4 (now both included in INET as well), to enable the simulation of realistic scenarios and complex networks. Later, INETMANET included the propagation models developed for MIXIM,1 allowing a comparison with the simulation results obtained with Ne
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