QualNet

QualNet is a network simulation tool that simulates wireless and wired packet mode communication networks. QualNet Developer is a discrete event simulator used in the simulation of MANET,[1]WiMAX networks,[2] satellite networks,[3] and sensor networks,[4] among others. QualNet has models for common network protocols that are provided in source form and are organized around the OSI Stack.

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History

QualNet is a commercial tool derived from GloMoSim that was first released in 2000 by Scalable Network Technologies (SNT). Today, the main differences between QualNet and GloMoSim are:

Parallel simulation

Like GloMoSim, QualNet can run on on parallel architectures[5] and is a packet-level simulator. QualNet is considered a scalable simulator because it is an application that supports parallel computing.

Model libraries in QualNet

See also

References

  1. ^ Mobility Models for Ad hoc Network Simulation - Lin, Noubir, Rajaraman (2004)
  2. ^ A Performance Evaluation Study of WiMAX Using Qualnet by Khaled A. Shuaib
  3. ^ A Satellite Mobility Model for QualNet Network Simulations
  4. ^ Energy-Efficient, Collision-Free Medium Access Control for Wireless Networks by Venkatesh Rajendran, Katia Obraczka, J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves — 2003
  5. ^ An Event-Synchronization Protocol for Parallel Simulation of Large-Scale Wireless Networks (2003)

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