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WINSE: WiMAX NS-2 extension

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H. Martikainen,

T. HämäläinenAuthors Info & Claims

Simutools '09: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

Article No.: 46, Pages 1 - 10

https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5599

Published: 02 March 2009 Publication History

Abstract

IEEE 802.16 standard defines the wireless broadband technology called WiMAX. When compared to other wireless technologies, it introduces many interesting advantages at PHY, MAC, and QoS layers. Heavy simulations are needed to study IEEE 802.16 performance and propose further enhancements to this standard. Link level simulations are not always sufficient, while system level simulators are not always accurate to capture MAC and transport protocol details. We implemented a 802.16 extension for the NS-2 network simulator. It includes upper PHY modeling, almost all the features of the 802.16 MAC layer, as well as the QoS framework. This article describes the implemented features, simulation methodology, and shares our experience that can be used with other NS-2 modules. An overview of research papers, where this implementation was used, is given.

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Simutools '09: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

March 2009

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ISBN:9789639799455

General Chairs:
Olivier Dalle
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS & INRIA, France
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Gabriel Wainer
Carleton University, Canada
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Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
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Giovanni Stea
University of Pisa, Italy

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2387238.2387250
Luostarinen KSiltanen JHämäläinen TPerkkiö MRolim JLuo JNikoletseas S(2012)VoiP performance analysis in IEEE802.16 networksProceedings of the 10th ACM international symposium on Mobility management and wireless access10.1145/2386995.2387014(115-120)Online publication date: 24-Oct-2012
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Vejarano GMcNair JPerrone LStea GLiu JUhrmacher AVillén-Altamirano M(2010)WiMAX-RBDS-SimProceedings of the 3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques10.5555/1808143.1808178(1-10)Online publication date: 15-Mar-2010
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Hytönen VSayenko AMartikainen HAlanen OPerrone LStea GLiu JUhrmacher AVillén-Altamirano M(2010)Handover performance in the IEEE 802.16 mobile networksProceedings of the 3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8715(1-8)Online publication date: 15-Mar-2010
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