I am working on handoff management in IEEE 802.11p/WAVE based VANETs. I want to know if I can simulate V2I communication mode using NS-3, which will lead to the simulation of handoff process. Most of the papers assume RSUs to be wireless access points and implement IEEE 802.11 MAC layer protocols. I want to know if it is possible to simulate RSUs which implement 802.11p and WAVE MAC protocols.
Apart from NS-3, are there any other open-source simulators that can simulate this?
It would be great if I can get any pointers in this regard.
Thanks
Rajeshwari Madli
In ns-3, support for 802.11p involves the MAC and PHY layers. To use an 802.11p NetDevice, ns3::Wifi80211pHelper is suggested.
In ns-3, support for WAVE involves the MAC, its MAC extension and PHY layers. To use a WAVE NetDevice, ns3::WaveHelper is suggested.
The reason to provide a special 802.11p device helper is that, considering the fact that many researchers are interested in routing protocols or other aspects of vehicular environment in a single channel context, they need neither multi-channel operation nor WAVE architectures. Besides that, the European standard may also reuse an 802.11p device in an modified ITS-G5 implementation (maybe called ItsG5NetDevice). Hence, the model supports configuration of both types of devices.
Thank you sir for your reply. I am trying to figure out if I can simulate at least horizontal handoffs in NS-3 or any other open source simulators.
Not pretty sure for NS3 but it seems like a task that could take place under OMNeT++ (https://omnetpp.org/) & Veins (https://veins.car2x.org/).
Have you looked at NetSim's VANET Module https://tetcos.com/vanets.html?
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