Comprehensive Analysis of Network Simulator Tools

  • L C Maindargi University of Pune
  • R B Digge
Keywords: Network Simulator, NS2, NS3, OPNET, NetSim, OMNet , REAL, J-Sim, QualNet

Abstract

In the network research area, establishing of network in a real time scenario is very difficult. A single test bed takes a large amount of time and cost. So implementation of a whole network in real world is not easily possible and very costly to. The simulator helps the network developer to check whether the network is able to work in the real time. Thus both the time and cost of testing the functionality of network have been reduced and implementations are made easy. In this paper, we introduce the main features of different simulator and consider their advantages and disadvantages. We hope this survey prove to be a good reference source for those people who feel difficult to select the appropriate network simulators for their research.

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Published
2017-12-17
How to Cite
Maindargi, L., & Digge, R. (2017). Comprehensive Analysis of Network Simulator Tools. Asian Journal For Convergence In Technology (AJCT) ISSN -2350-1146, 3(3). Retrieved from http://www.asianssr.org/index.php/ajct/article/view/95
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