Introduction to Network Simulator NS2

by Teerawat Issariyakul

An Introduction to Network Simulator NS2 is a beginners’ guide for network simulator NS2, an open-source discrete event simulator designed mainly for networking research. NS2 has been widely accepted as a reliable simulation tool for computer communication networks both in academia and industry. This book will present two fundamental NS2 how objects (e.g., nodes, links, queues, etc.) are assembled to create a network and ii) how a packet flows from one object to another. Based on these concepts, this book will demonstrate through examples how new modules can be incorporated into NS2. The book -Give an overview on simulation and communication networks. -Provide general information (e.g., installation, key features, etc.) about NS2. -Demonstrate how to set up a simple network simulation scenario using Tcl scripting lanuage. -Explain how C++ and OTcl (Object oriented Tcl) are linked, and constitute NS2. -Show how Ns2 interprets a Tcl Script and executes it. -Suggest post simulation processing approaches and identify their pros and cons. -Present a number of NS2 extension examples. -Discuss how to incorporate MATLAB into NS2.

410 pages, Hardcover

First published October 3, 2007

Reviews

[Amany Mohammed · Rating 1 out of 5]

When you document a project after you finish it, Usually your documentation is poor and missing a lot of details because as a developer it's not easy to realize that the details of the project are not known facts for others as it for you. This book describes parts of the NS2 simulator in General without connecting them so it's not much of help for these who wants to extend the simulator. I think reading blogs helped me a lot than this book. And I think the author should rewrite the book and ask someone who have no idea about it to review his writing so he can point out the many missing details.