Evaluation of IMT-Advanced Scenarios Using the Open Wireless Network Simulator
Authors: Max, Sebastian and Bültmann, Daniel and Jennen, Ralf and Schinnenburg, Marc
Chair of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University
: Sebastian Max
In Proceedings of the 3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2010), p. 10, Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain,ICST, 2010.
Publication Date: Mar, 2010
On page(s):10
ISBN: 78-963-9799-87-5

Abstract With the commence of the IMT-Advanced (IMT-A) submission and evaluation process, the vague term \4th generation wireless networks" moves towards existing standards, technologies and hardware. A signicant part of the evaluation process is based on the system level simulation of reference scenarios. In this paper, we present how the open Wireless Network Simulator (openWNS), developed in the last 5 years at the department of Communication Networks (ComNets) at RWTH Aachen University, can be used to study protocols of wireless networks. Due to the complexity of IMT-A candidate systems, the features of openWNS are described by means of the lightweight WiFiMAC. This module provides the functions of IEEE 802.11, including amendment n. On this basis, the following details of the simulator are explained: (a) the modular simulation framework for protocol stack development, (b) the WiFiMAC module, (c) simulator calibration to ensure the reliability of the results and (d) the simulation of urban-micro scenarios based on the IMT-A evaluation guidelines.

Author Keywords
Wireless Network, IMT-Advanced,
Simulation, Validation,
openWNS, WiFiMAC

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Bibtex
@INPROCEEDINGS{MaxDbnJenMsgOpenWNSSimuTools,
AUTHOR = {Max, S. and Bültmann, D. and Jennen, R. and Schinnenburg, M.},
TITLE = {Evaluation of IMT-Advanced Scenarios Using the Open Wireless Network
Simulator},
YEAR = {2010},
MONTH = {Mar},
PAGES = {10},
PUBLISHER = {ICST},
ADDRESS = {Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain},
BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of the 3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools
and Techniques (SIMUTools 2010)},
AFFILIATION = {Chair of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University},
ISBN = {78-963-9799-87-5},
KEYWORDS = {Wireless Network, IMT-Advanced, Simulation, Validation, openWNS,
WiFiMAC},
LOCATION = {Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain},
URL = {https://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de}
}
