Design and Implementation of network simulation platform for WAVE protocols

Abstract

In order to make it easier to evaluate network systems whose protocols are beyond current simulators' competence scope, a new network simulation platform is designed and implemented. We propose a new network simulator for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) protocols. It is totally implemented using C++ programming languages. The core simulating operation flow of proposed simulator is Event Driven Scheduling (EDS) mechanism. We conducted multi-channel operation in IEEE 1609.4 standard. We conducted the performance test at various test scenarios and compare the simulation results with NS-2. Since the use of EDS mechanism, the arithmetic speed of proposed simulator is faster than other simulators.