Simulation Platform For Network R & D **Actual screen shot from Aloha - Pure / Slotted, ARP, ATM, BGP, CDMA, Cognitive Radio, CSMA / CD, Ethernet - Fast / Gigabit, Frame Relay, GSM, IP, LTE, MANET, MPLS, OSPF, RIP, TCP, Token Bus, Token Ring, UDP, VPN, Wi-Max, WLAN - a / b / g / e / n / ac, WSN, X.25, ZigBee All protocol libraries available as C source code
is a leading network simulation software for protocol modeling and simulation, allowing you to analyze computer networks with unmatched depth, power and flexibility. is being used by the world s most prestigious institutions for network lab experimentation and research. is available as Standard or Academic version and is built on a common design framework of high level architecture and code. Standard Version Provides a platform for project work and research and is available as components shown in the matrix below; for you to choose and assemble what you need. Component No Networks / Protocols International Standards Component 1 (Base. Required for all components) Component 2 Internetworks: Ethernet - Fast & Gigabit, ARP, Routing - RIP, OSPF, WLAN - 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac & e, Propagation models - Free space, Log-normal Shadowing, Rayleigh Fading, IPv4 with VPN, Firewalls, Queuing - Round Robin, FIFO, Priority, TCP, UDP. Common Modules: Traffic Generator: Voice, Video, FTP, Database, HTTP, Email, Peer-to-peer and Custom, Virtual Network Stack, Simulation Kernel, Command Line Interface, Metrics Engine with packet and event trace, Packet Animator Legacy Networks: Aloha (Pure & Slotted), CSMA/CD, Token Ring, Token Bus, ATM, X.25, Frame Relay, Real Time IEEE 802.3, RFC 826, RFC 2453, 2328 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac & e RFC s 793, 2001 and 768 IEEE 802.3, 802.4, 802.5, ATM Forum, ITU Forum Component 3 BGP and MPLS Networks RFC 1771, IETF RFC s 3031 and 3212 Component 4 Component 5 Component 6 (Comp 4 required) Advanced Wireless Networks: MANET and Wi-Max Cellular Networks: GSM and CDMA Wireless Sensor Networks & Personal Area Networks: WSN and ZigBee MANET - DSR, AODV, IETF RFC 4728, 3561 IEEE 802.16D 3GPP, ETSI, IMT-MC, IS-95 A/B, 1xRTT, 1x-EV-Do, 3xRTT IEEE 802.15.4 MAC, IETF RFC 4728 Component 7 Cognitive Radio Networks: WRAN IEEE 802.22 Component 8 Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Networks 3GPP TS 36.*** Academic Version Designed as a virtual networks lab infrastructure on a desktop PC, useful for lab experimentation and teaching at UG and PG level. Available as a single product and includes all the technologies given above. Features Academic Version Standard Version Technology Coverage Internetworks, Legacy Networks, BGP and MPLS Networks, Advanced Wireless Networks, Cellular Networks, Sensor Networks, Cognitive Radio Networks, LTE Networks a a Performance Reporting Performance metrics available for Network and Sub-network a a Packet Animator Used to animate the packet flow in network a a Packet Trace and Event Trace Available in tab ordered.txt format for easy post processing r a Protocol Library Source Codes with Documentation Protocol C source codes and appropriate protocol header files with extensive documentation. Development Environment r a Users can write their own code, link their code to and debug using Visual Studio r a Dynamic Metrics Allows users to plot the value of a parameter over simulation time r a
1. Latest Protocols and Functionalities in v8 1.1 MANET (As per IETF RFC 4728, 3561) Common to Standard and Academic versions DSR - Dynamic Source Routing AODV - Adhoc On demand Distance Vector Routing Mobility is via Random waypoint and Random walk models Additional codes for sink-hole attack, node failures etc 1.2 WSN (As per IEEE 802.15.4 MAC and PHY, IETF RFC 4728, 3561 L3) Common to Standard and Academic versions h h MAC layer is modeled per IEEE 802.15.4 covering GTS, CCA, slotted CSMA / CA, unslotted CSMA / CA, super frame transmission and beacon transmission LEACH add-on with inter and intra cluster routing based on sensor power PHY layer models cover fading, shadowing with SINR and BER calculation Output metrics include routing overhead, power consumption, lifetime of motes, packet delivery ratio etc 1.3 Cognitive Radio (As per IEEE 802.22 MAC and PHY) Common to Standard and Academic versions MAC layer model covers Super frame, DS-MAP, US-MAP, BW request, Quiet period, Normal mode operation and PHY operates in OFDMA Connection establishment - CID, SID, FID and support for UGS, nrtps, rtps and BE QoS class Incumbent detection and channel switching and the cognitive plane contains Spectrum Manager, Spectrum Sensing Function, Spectrum Sensing Automaton and Channel model 1.4 Long - Term Evolution (As per 3GPP TS 36.***) Available in Standard and Academic versions Network layer model cover NAS and works with IP MAC layer model covers PDCP, RRC, RLC, MAC scheduling PHY layer model covers OFDMA in downlink and SC-FDMA in uplink MIMO model - Transmit diversity and spatial multiplexing HARQ model - Ack/Nack 1.5 Packet Animator Common to Standard and Academic versions Available for all stack based protocols featuring: h h Animate packet flow over wired and wireless links Color variation for control packets, data packets and error packets Node movement Animation speed controls with play, pause and simulation timeline
2. Design and Architecture has an open, modular and flexible architecture Protocol libraries: C source code is open and presented as APIs Utility functions: C source code and API s for simulation and performance measurement TM is engineered to separate the network stack from the protocol engine, thereby providing closer to real world modeling and analysis capability Protocols are modeled as Finite State Machine (FSM), while the Simulation Kernel is a Discrete Event Engine accelerated by a heuristic algorithm The Virtual Network Stack features in-built config file parser, error handler, config error logger, memory manager and metrics module 3. Programming Exercises Common to Standard and Academic versions C / C ++ / Java lab exercises with algorithm, flow chart, pseudo code and source code. Users can write their own code and link to for verification of output Designed for a three hour lab with 20-50 lines of code to be written by the user Address Resolution Protocol Assignment of Sites to Concentrator Cryptography - DES,RSA,Transposition,Substitution, XOR,WEP Distance Vector Routing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Error Correcting Code - Hamming Code Error Detection Code - CRC 12, CRC 16, CRC 32, CCITT, LRC Framing Sequence - Bit Stuffing, Character Stuffing Generic Cell Rate Algorithm - Virtual Scheduling Algorithm IPv4 Addressing - Address Mask, Binary Conversion, CIDR, Network Address, Special Address, Subnetting IPv6 Addressing - EUI-64 Interface Identifier, Host Addresses, Subnetting Leaky Bucket Algorithm Multi-Level Multi-Access collision free protocol Multiple Access Technology - CDMA, TDMA, OFDMA PC to PC Communication - Socket Programming, Chat Application Scheduling - MMF, FIFO Shortest Path - Link state routing, Floyd s algorithm Sliding Window Protocol - Go Back N, Selective Repeat Sorting Techniques - Bubble, Insert, Quick, Select Spanning Tree - Kruskal, Prims, Boruska Transmission Flow Control - Stop and Wait, Selective Repeat, Go Back N
4. Development Environment Protocol Libraries provided in source C code form with necessary API s and documentation User Generated Libraries can be created by modifying protocol source C code Development Environment in enables you to call into user generated libraries to run network scenarios 5. Research Topics Popular areas of research where is being used are Cognitive Radio Networks (WRAN) Spectrum sensing and incumbent detection Spectrum allocation Geolocation and location based services Interference analysis, measurement and modeling of spectrum usage Protocol architecture 6. vs other nework simulators Detailed Simulation Report of user generated libraries covering millions of packets and events are available for detailed analysis Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) Energy efficiency and power management Efficient protocol design and operation Self configuration and fault tolerance Routing Localization LEACH Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET) Routing protocols - Location based, Power aware etc QoS in adhoc networks Intrusion detection Performance Analysis Vehicular adhoc networks Features (Standard version) Others Cognitive Radio Available Not available Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n, 802.11 e for QoS and 802.11 ac (Gigabit Wi-fi) 802.11 a/b/g/n and e only Wireless Sensor Network 802.15.4 PHYs sensor/power/agent model. In addition source codes for LEACH, HEED etc are available Basic 802.15.4 model Packet Animation Packet Animation with packet information Packet Animation only Trace files Packet and Event traces Event trace only Configuration file XML based with multiple views and in-built error handling Flat Text format Network Stack Instantiated per device similar to the real world No explicit stack available De-bugging custom code During simulation, capability to inspect and control simulation Offline Protocol source code C Language C++ with Python/Tcl etc for Scripting Application Models Voice, Video, FTP, HTTP, Email, Peer-to-Peer and Custom Voice, FTP and Custom Dynamic Metrics Available. Shows metrics over simulation time Not available. Shows only final metrics Map Background Available. Map and grid background Not available. Only grid based view Programming Exercises Available. Students can complete lab programs per syllabus Not available Experiment Manual Per your university syllabus Not available per university syllabus User Management Hierarchical User management through Admin and Student Not available Support On site, E-mail and Telephone Internet Forum only
Customer Spotlight: Sastra University Leverages for Research on Securing Femtocells Identify and mitigate a possible attack in femtocells where locational information about a femtocell user is disclosed. (Research paper available in ) Challenge 1. Developing the Multihop Algorithm for privacy 2. Simulating and Analyzing the algorithm Use Case Developing custom code: Source C files, Cellular.c, GSM.c, Handover.c and GSM_Channel.c of s GSM library were modified. These codes were linked and debugged using s project work environment. 3. Modeling network configurations 4. Generating performance metrics Result The algorithm trade off was increased delay. The study found this to be approx 50 ms, which could be afforded by the network architecture. We chose given its extensive R & D capabilities in WSN, MANET and CR Networks. has an easy to use UI for creating scenarios, modeling protocol and device parameters. The protocol library source codes are written in C and easily understandable. s product features and quick support from their technical team is playing an important role in our research publications Dr.V.S. Shankar Sriram Education - India AC College of Technology, Karaikudi Agra Engg College, Agra Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Anna University College of Engg, Chennai Assam University, Silchar Basaveshvar College of Engg, Karnataka B.C.Roy Engg College, West Bengal B.G.S Inst of Technology, Mandya Bhilai Institute of Technology, Chattisgarh BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus BITS, Pilani, Goa Campus College of Engg and Tech, Bhubaneswar College of Engg, Pune Delhi Technical University (Formerly, DCE) Directorate of Tech Education, Sikkim Directorate of Tech Education, Mizoram Dr.D.Y Patil Inst of Engg and Tech, Pune Ghousia College of Engg, Ramanagaram GNDEC, Ludhiana Gokaraju Rangaraju Inst of Engg,Hyderabad Govt College of Engg & Ceramic Tech,Kolkata Govt College of Technology, Coimbatore Govt Engineering College, Farmagudi, Goa Govt Engineering College, Kannur, Kerala Select Customer List Over 300 customers actively use Govt Engineering College, Idukki, Kerala Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Gwalior Engg College, Gwalior Haldia Institute of Technology, Kolkata IFTM University, Moradabad IGIT, Dhenkanal, Orissa IIT, Kharagpur IIT, Roorkee Institute of Tech & Management, Gwalior Integral University, Lucknow Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur JNTU College of Engg, Ananthapur JNTU College of Engg, Hyderabad Kakatiya Institute of Technology, Warrangal Kalyani Govt Engg College, West Bengal K.K Wagh College of Engineering, Nashik Kumaon Engineering College, Uttarakhand M.M.M College of Engineering, Gorakhpur Malnad College of Engg, Hassan MEPCO Engg College, Sivakasi MIT, Pune Mizoram University, Aizawl Mukesh Patel College of Engg, Mumbai MS University, Tirunelveli NIT, Agartala NIT, Bhopal NIT, Durgapur NIT, Jamshedpur NIT, Kurukshetra NIT, Rourkela NIT, Surat NIT, Suratkal Pondicherry Engg College, Puducherry Punjab College of Engineering, Chandigarh PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore R.V. College of Engg, Bangalore Sastra University, Thanjavur, TN Sant Longowal Inst of Technology, Punjab Shivaji University, Kolhapur SPIT, Mumbai SSIT, Tumkur State Project Implementation Unit, Mizoram Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune Tech Teacher Training Institute, Chennai Thanthai Periyar Govt Inst of Tech, TN Thapar University, Patiala VES Institute of Technology Mumbai VNR VJIET, Hyderabad VJTI, Mumbai Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli Education - International Al Nahrain University, Iraq Allepo University, Syria Barry University, Florida, USA Core Intl Inst.Higher Edu, UAE Dar Al Hekma College, Saudi Arabia De Lorenzo Srl, Milan, Italy Florida Gulf Coast University, FL, USA GIST, Republic of Korea Ingolstadt University, Germany INTI, Malaysia Klaipeda University, Lithuania Ontarget Enterprises, Colorado, USA Pearson Education, New Jersey, USA Sonoma State University, California,USA Stone Hill College, MA, USA Szczezin University of Technology, Poland Transport & Telecom. Inst, Latvia University of Vigo, Spain Enterprise Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Government and Defence CABS, DRDO ISSA, DRDO is truly a fantastic product that is not only versatile, it is also robust and those features are hard to come by in any simulator. I hope other educational institutions begin incorporating this product into their curriculum. Nikki Warren, Project Director, Technical Education College, Ontarget Enterprises, Colorado, USA Channel Partner: #214, 7 th Main, 39 th A Cross, Jayanagar 5 th Block, Bangalore - 560 041, India. Tele-fax : +91 80 2663 0624 Visit : E-mail : sales@tetcos.com 2014, Copyright Tetcos. All specifications are subject to change. All trade marks acknowledged hereby.