Re: [ns] tuning up wireless phy layer

2006-06-28 Thread Daniel Mahrenholz
Balazs Kovacs schrieb: I am simulating some communication performance with 802.11. My simulations always fail to show the results I expect because the wireless-phy seems to be overloaded. Is there any possibility to tune the throughput? I set datarate and basicrate to 54 mbps but this

[ns] how to simulate aodv/dsdv/dsr and other wireless protocols on ns2

2006-06-28 Thread Srirupa Dasgupta
Can some one please help me to run aodv/dsdv/dsr and other similar protocols on ns2.28 on linux Fedora Waiting fervently for some help Srirupa

[ns] node_on() node_off

2006-06-28 Thread Itxaso Pérez
Hello! Someone knows if node_on() and node_off() methods of wireless-phy.cc shutup or shutdown the nodes like if we turn off or on a radio apparat, or these methods only work with the power?? Thanks a lot Itxaso - Itxaso Pérez Muruaga

[ns] implementing a new protocol

2006-06-28 Thread Amita Singh
Hi All, I'm getting confused while implementing a new protocol. I'm making changes in c++ code of AODV protocol, but don't know how the control flows, meaning by, there is no main() function in the c++ program. So, can anyone tell me how the complete opearation of a protocol is controlled. If

Re: [ns] TCP and packet drop: where are the retransmitted packets?

2006-06-28 Thread Arne Lie
Well, I assume that cong_action is Congestion Action, and dropped packets are mainly caused by congestion, which leads to retransmission. So this makes sense. Thanks Amit! - Arne _ Fra: Amit Mondal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 28. juni 2006 00:13 Til: Arne Lie Emne: Re: [ns] TCP

[ns] Wireless Simulation questions

2006-06-28 Thread GIorgis Georgakoudis
I am getting myself familiar with ns v2.29 and I have some questions on wireless simulations. I see that there are parameters defining Antenna type, propagation model, physics, routing protocol, MAC type etc. Where is the channel bandwidth defined and the range of communication for the mobile

Re: [ns] Forwarding packets to an adjacent node

2006-06-28 Thread Nicholas Loulloudes
Hello Varrian, Thanks for the code. Which is the main udp you are referring to? How will packets be copied from the sink to the source (assuming i have a single source/sink agent) and then retransmitted to n2? Thank you. On 6/27/06, Varrian Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I think

[ns] How to create hardware interfaces on nodes

2006-06-28 Thread Nicholas Loulloudes
Hello.. Is it possible to create hardware interfaces on nodes so i can transmit and receive packets through different interfaces? Thank you. -- Nicholas Loulloudes Postgraduate at Communication Networks and Software. BSc in Computer Science.

[ns] implementing a new protocol

2006-06-28 Thread Amita Singh
Hi All, I'm getting confused while implementing a new protocol. I'm making changes in c++ code of AODV protocol, but don't know how the control flows, meaning by, there is no main() function in the c++ program. So, can anyone tell me how the complete opearation of a protocol is controlled. If

Re: [ns] what's wrong with nam?

2006-06-28 Thread Matthew Jakeman
This sounds like you haven't installed nam properly. Make sure you have added the path to the nam binary to your shell variable $PATH (I am presuming you are using Linux and bash as you didn't specify) using the following : export $PATH=$PATH:/path/to/nam/binary Note : this will have to be

[ns] Protocol Questions

2006-06-28 Thread GIorgis Georgakoudis
As far I have seen that there is the FTP protocol on the Application layer, is the HTTP protocol included too? And is there a DHCP protocol simulation on ns?

Re: [ns] How can I add extension to packets in AODV?

2006-06-28 Thread guzinu
you can change AODV packet header (RREQUEST,RREPLY,RERROR) with yours. Or you can add some extra fields in this packet headers. All the headers using by the AODV are defined in the aodv_packet.h file. For example in the following code, temp field is added by me. Guzin ULUTAS (CEng) struct

Re: [ns] tuning up wireless phy layer

2006-06-28 Thread Balazs Kovacs
Hi, Propagation is tworayground, antenna is omniantenna, and I used the default threshold and physical values that are defined in ns-default.tcl. I know it is not proper 802.11 values, but my aim is only to have mac and phy layers with the highest throughput possible. Anyway, if you have some

[ns] mac_failed in NS2

2006-06-28 Thread Hai Nam
Hello, In a wireless routing protocol, when there is no mobile node in the tranmission range of a node, it can use a callback routine. For instance in UM-OLSR: = if (use_mac()) { ch-xmit_failure_ = olsr_mac_failed_callback; ch-xmit_failure_data_ = (void*)this; } =

[ns] ns2 installation error

2006-06-28 Thread Muhammad Azam Akram
hi when i install ns2 it give me error, which is decribe in attached picture.after that it terminate installation, thats why i dont get the ns command available.please tell me why it is and what should i do. thank you - How low will we go?

[ns] 802.11 handover (handoff) support in ns

2006-06-28 Thread Ólafur Ragnar Helgason
Hi Last time I was using ns (ns-2.27) layer-2 handover in 802.11 was NOT supported. Does anyone know if this has changed in the latest ns version? If not does anyone here know of any ns extensions which provide layer-2 802.11 handover. Thanx, Ólafur

Re: [ns] Wireless Simulation questions

2006-06-28 Thread GIorgis Georgakoudis
Every time I run a wireless simulation I get: channel.cc:sendUp - Calc highestAntennaZ_ and distCST_ highestAntennaZ_ = 1.5, distCST_ = 550.0 What do highestAntennaZ_ and distCST_ mean? Giorgis Georgakoudis

[ns] SPIN and LEACH Protocol

2006-06-28 Thread Marisangela
Hey guys, I'd like to know if there is somebody here working with simulations using SPIN routing protocol for WSN, and with LEACH protocol. I'm Master Sudent, and in my dissertation i use these two protocols. I need some help in how to config and to run them in NS. Thanks. Mary.

[ns] SPIN and LEACH Protocol

2006-06-28 Thread Marisangela
Hey guys, I'd like to know if there is somebody here working with simulations using SPIN routing protocol for WSN, and with LEACH protocol. I'm Master Sudent, and in my dissertation i use these two protocols. I need some help in how to config and to run them in NS. Thanks. Mary.

[ns] nsallinone-2.1b9a, octl-1.0a8 configuration failed

2006-06-28 Thread Wasiq Nadeem
Hello Everyone, I am posting about an error for which I found 2 entries on the NS user group but no solutionThe original and the recommendation are both placed below: On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The hard drive has been wiped clean and now I have Windows 2000 Pro

Re: [ns] ns2 installation error

2006-06-28 Thread Phil Miller
when i install ns2 it give me error, which is decribe in attached picture.after that it terminate installation, thats why i dont get the ns command available.please tell me why it is and what should i do. This list doesn't appear to accept picture attachments. If there is something unique

[ns] [bug] nsallinone-2.1b8a compilation errors

2006-06-28 Thread Saurav Bandyopadhyay
[Bug Report] - Category: Installation Failure Package: ns allinone-2.1b8a OS:Fedora Environment Variables: LD_LIBRARY_PATH= TCL_LIBRARY= TK_LIBRARY= - Description: Hi, I am trying to use the ns version: ns-allinone-2.1b8a

Re: [ns] SPIN and LEACH Protocol

2006-06-28 Thread Shafiq Hashmi
Hi Mary, See the pdf at this link http://www.internetworkflow.com/resources/ns2leach.pdf. This article is for LEACH protocol to make it work on ns-2.27. To make it work on ns-2.29 version, you will need to edit the files that is mentioned in this document. I already have editted these files

Re: [ns] TCP and packet drop: where are the retransmitted packets?

2006-06-28 Thread Xiaoliang (David) Wei
Hi Arne, Well, I assume that cong_action is Congestion Action, and dropped packets are mainly caused by congestion, which leads to retransmission. So this makes sense. Thanks Amit! - Arne My understanding is that cong_action means an event that TCP reacts to a congestion signal (e.g. packet

[ns] [2nd Attempt] Can someone help? Two way communication through base station problem.

2006-06-28 Thread Varrian Hall
Hi all, The problem is explained below, however, to sum it up, network animator shows proper operation because it uses the trace file info. This is the problem, i.e., I need the info/response to go through the base-station to the wired end's udp agent not to the trace file. This never

Re: [ns] what's wrong with nam?

2006-06-28 Thread Tom Henderson
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:22:58 + From: Matthew Jakeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ns] what's wrong with nam? This sounds like you haven't installed nam properly... Thank you for providing a helpful explanation; I've posted to: