Staub, Thomas; Gantenbein, Reto; Braun, Torsten (2009). VirtualMesh: An Emulation Framework for Wireless Mesh Networks in OMNeT++. In: The 2nd International Workshop on OMNeT++ (OMNeT++ 2009) held in conjuction with the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (pp. 1-8). ICST
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN) have proven to be a key technology for increased network coverage of Internet infrastructures. The development process for new protocols and architectures in the area of WMN is typically split into evaluation by network simulation and testing of a prototype in a test-bed. Testing a prototype in a real test-bed is time-consuming and expensive. Irrepressible external interferences can occur which makes debugging difficult. Moreover, the test-bed usually supports only a limited number of test topologies. Finally, mobility tests are impractical. Therefore, we propose VirtualMesh as a new testing architecture which can be used before going to a real test-bed. It provides instruments to test the real communication software including the network stack inside a controlled environment. VirtualMesh is implemented by capturing real traffic through a virtual interface at the mesh nodes. The traffic is then redirected to the network simulator OMNeT++. In our experiments, VirtualMesh has proven to be scalable and introduces moderate delays. Therefore, it is suitable for predeployment testing of communication software for WMNs.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF) > Communication and Distributed Systems (CDS) 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Staub, Thomas, Braun, Torsten |
ISBN: |
978-963-9799-45-5 |
Publisher: |
ICST |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Dimitrios Xenakis |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:23 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:25 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/37294 (FactScience: 207328) |
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