Network Simulator-2 (NS-2)

This page contains useful links to learn Network Simulator-2 (NS-2), Network Animator (NAM) and implementation of Ad hoc Network, AODV routing protocol, IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee LR-WPANs
NS2 :

1. Install NS2.31 for ubuntu 7.10 http://alkautsarpens.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/install-ns231-for-ubuntu-gutsy-710/
2. Tutorial for network simulator http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/tutorial/
3. The network simulator http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/
4. NS manual http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/doc/index.html
5. NS by example http://nile.wpi.edu/NS/
6. NS2 – workshops, tutorials, presentations http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-tutorial/index.html
7. NS2 contributed code http://nsnam.isi.edu/nsnam/index.php/Contributed_Code
8. http://ns-2.blogspot.com/
9. Workshop on NS-2 – http://www.wns2.org
10. NS2 Learning Guide
11. How to interprete the NS2 tracefile
12. NS Simulator course for beginners
13. NS-2 Resource page
14. Network analyzer for NS-2
15. NS2.26 Source Original Documentation
16. About Packet delays
17. NS nam search : http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/htdig/search.html
18. Pedro Vale FAQ NS2 Tips
19. Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.4 Module for NS2 simulator : http://www.cs.uwm.edu/~mukul/wpan.html
20. How to evaluate MPEG video transmission using the NS2 simulator?
21. NS2.33 Documentation
    http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk/scripts/viewvc.cgi/ns-2.33/
    http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk/scripts/viewvc.cgi/ns-2.33/wpan/

NAM :

1. Network Animator http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/nam/

NS2 for IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee LR-WPANs :

1. Simulation of IEEE 802.15./ZigBee With NS-2
2. IEEE 802.15.4 Mac Implementation in NS-2
3. Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs) NS-2 Platform
4. Simulative Investigation of ZigBee/802.15.4

 
AWK n GNU :

1. The GNU AWK user’s guide
2. http://www.gnuplot.info/
3. Demo Script gnuplot – http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.2/

TCL/OTCL :

1. Tutorial OTCL : http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/research/cmt/cmtdoc/otcl/tutorial.html

Trace File :

1. NS-2 Trace Formats : http://nsnam.isi.edu/nsnam/index.php/NS-2_Trace_Formats
2. The example Awk file for 802.15.4 : http://www.ifn.et.tu-dresden.de/~marandin/ZigBee/scripts.html
3. The example Awk file for 802.11 (using cbr packet) : http://zbinwu.blogspot.com/2010/10/analyze-ns-2-trace-file.html