We are planning to run a lab course on comm. networks using NetSim. We need ideas on how to set this up effectively. Specifically, we are looking for a good set of experiments or exercises to include.
Our curriculum covers topics such as Wi-Fi, IoT & WSN, DDos Attacks, Routing, TCP, Vehicular networks and 4G/5G. We plan to use NetSim to explore these areas. How can we go about designing the coursework?
You could look through these discussions:
- https://www.researchgate.net/post/Ideas_to_run_a_online_networks_lab_course_using_NetSim?
- https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_you_suggest_experiments_for_a_lab_course_on_5G_using_NetSim
- https://www.researchgate.net/post/Lab_experiments_for_wireless_networking_course
We use NetSim for our lab course and the structure that we follow is Week 1-2: Introduction to NetSim and Basic Networking Concepts Experiment 1: Familiarization with NetSim interface and features Experiment 2: Understand the working of basic networking commands - Ping, Route Add/Delete/Print, ACL Week 3: Radio Propagation Experiment 3: Pathloss, Shadowing, and Fading Week 4-5: Wi-Fi Networks Experiment 4: Wi-Fi: Throughput variation with distance Experiment 5: Multi-AP Wi-Fi Networks: Channel Allocation Week 6-7: Routing Protocols Experiment 6: Study the working and routing table formation of RIP and OSPF Experiment 7: Understanding Public IP Address & NAT (Network Address Translation) Week 8-9: TCP Protocols Experiment 8: Introduction to TCP connection management Experiment 9: TCP Congestion Control Algorithms Week 10-11: IoT & WSN Experiment 10: One Hop IoT Network over IEEE 802.15.4 Experiment 11: Analysing throughput, latency, and energy consumption as we scale the number of sensors Week 12-13: Network Attacks Experiment 12: Simulating simple DDoS attacks in an IoT Network Experiment 13: Mitigation techniques for DDoS attacks Week 14-15: 4G/5G Networks Experiment 14: Handover in LTE Experiment 15: Impact of Interference in 5G Networks
NetSim Academic version provides an experiments manual that includes well-documented labs across various technologies. You can find it at https://tetcos.com/downloads/v14.1/NetSim_Experiment_Manual.pdf
You will see that the manual provides predefined simulation scenarios, which can be directly used or modified according to your course-specific requirements. It also covers performance analysis, allowing students to observe the impact of various parameters on network performance.
I think this manual would be an excellent resource for setting up a Communication Networks Lab Course.
Please go through https://tetcos.com/netsim-acad.html. This should give you a good idea.
You could try out NetSim Lite which can be downloaded for free https://tetcos.com/download.html
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