Hi! > David Fuste schrieb: > >> First of all, thank you very much to all...I thought the post was >> lost :) Martina, your information has been very useful. >> And second, thanks Pedro, I will look for this code in the cvs that >> partially supports infrastructure WLAN simulation. > > > Interesting. I was not aware of this code but I am not doing WLAN > simulations myself anyway. Can you post your experiences when you use > it? Might be helpful for a lot of other people, too. > Ok, I have to do some work in this area. I will post my experiences as soon as possible...
>>> I 've also heard abt NOAH but I can find any documentation on ow to >>> use it. >>> I mean, the way it is explain; says a node can send a message to a >>> BS(Base >>> Station) but details as to ow to send a msg to anoda node thru the >>> BS isn't >>> included (I mean, it's rare to keep sendin msges to a BS unless one >>> intends >>> to send to anoda mobile node). >> > > Hmmm. I've only ever made simulations (actually not myself, a student > of mine did) with WLAN + NOAH where traffic comes from wired host > nodes, goes through the AP and then to the mobile nodes. Iow. a > typical wired-cum-wireless scenario. I have never actually tried to > have traffic from one wireless node to the other. > > Basically, NOAH is a routing module that allows you to manually set > routes. It does _not_ change the MAC layer in any way. So, I believe > that if you set up NOAH and set up the routing table accordingly it > /should/ work if you simply set the traffic agent on one mobile node > and the sink on the other. The traffic should then be forced by the > routing to first go to the BS and then go to the other mobile. I can't > remember if the MAC layer is/should be significantly different for > infrastructure mode as compared to ad-hoc mode but if you can live > with the MAC as-is you should be able to get what you want with NOAH. It sounds as static routing...so, I understand there is no "dynamic" mobility support with NOAH (even without scanning/assoc/auth, only as attachment)...There is a lot of work to do :) Bye! and Thanks!