Combine Simulation Environments for Dynamic Communication Network

Abstract: Simulators are popular in nearly every field of engineering, like vehicle dynamics, network communication, and electronics. When it comes to simulate the behaviour of an intelligent system (IS), these fields suddenly overlap which calls for a combined simulation environment, where sensing, electronics and communication need to be simulated. Due to the fact that a future IS most likely uses wireless communication, this communication becomes the backbone of the intelligent system (IS). Then Realistic simulation is a necessary tool for the proper evaluation of newly developed protocols for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs). Modifying the structure of Network Simulator ns-3 and opportunity of interconnection with external application within the limits of combined simulation environment creating. To show the way how too softly change simulator to the specific goal. The second objective for the project is to check the TCP performances. These evaluations must take road traffic details and conditions, wireless communication characteristics and drivers’ behaviour into consideration. In particular, the performance evaluation of research on vehicular networks depends mainly on simulations. This work is dedicated to modifying the structure of ns-3 network simulator in order to enable interactions with simulator of dynamic models SIMULINK / MATLAB.

Keywords: NS3, Intelligent System (IS), Ad hoc Network, Sensor Network, Vehicular Networks.