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13th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
A Visualization and Analysis Tool for NS-2 Wireless Simulations: iNSpect
Atlanta, Georgia
September 27-September 29
ISBN: 0-7695-2458-3
Stuart Kurkowski, Colorado School of Mines
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines
Neil Mushell, Colorado School of Mines
Michael Colagrosso, Colorado School of Mines

The Network Simulator 2 (NS-2) is a popular and powerful simulation environment, and the number of NS-2 users has increased greatly in recent years. Although it was originally designed for wired networks, NS-2 has been extended to work with wireless networks, including wireless LANs, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), and sensor networks; however, the Network Animator (NAM) for NS-2 has not been extended for wireless visualization. In this paper, we discuss a new visualization and analysis tool for use with NS-2 wireless simulations. Visual analysis of a wireless environment is important for three areas of NS-2 based simulation research: (1) validating the accuracy of a mobility model?s output and/or the node topology ?les used to drive the simulation; (2) validation of new versions of the NS-2 simulator itself; and (3) analysis of the results of NS-2 simulations. Our iNSpect program handles all three of these areas quickly and accurately. We?ve made our iNSpect program available for other researchers in order to improve the accuracy of their simulations.

Citation:
Stuart Kurkowski, Tracy Camp, Neil Mushell, Michael Colagrosso, "A Visualization and Analysis Tool for NS-2 Wireless Simulations: iNSpect," mascots, pp.503-506, 13th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 2005
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