Which simulation tool is better for implementing a secure routing protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks Ns3 or Omnet++?
My vote goes for Opnet. because it is easy To use..However,NS3 is much better if you good a programming knowledge.
If you will start and no background in any of them, select any one. try to select an old one with good documentation. For me I like NS2
To test a devise secure energy efficient routing algorithm is needed about hours. Sensor Protocol for Information via Negotiation (SPIN), is one of the widely used energy efficient routing protocol in WSNs that completely ignores the security aspect. The alternate routing protocol, MS-SPIN, which incorporates the best features of SPIN it includes the security issue. The implementation of MS-SPIN in NS2 has shown that, for a larger number of nodes. Its energy performance characteristics are comparable to those of SPIN while providing security features.
For academics NS3, for DoD ,EMANE is the chosen one. Their architecture is not too different one from another
Thank you for all your suggestions. NetSim is a licensed product. I would like to know which open source simulator would be easy to learn and implement a secure routing protocol in WSN
I would suggest OmNet++. It has two models that support WSN: Castalia and MiXiM as well as a security module. A secure routing protocol called PASER was developed based on OmNet/Inetmanet and the security module.
https://omnetpp.org/models/catalog/download/33-models/2251-castalia
https://omnetpp.org/models/catalog/download/33-models/2252-mixim
https://github.com/aarizaq/inetmanet-3.x
NS-3 will be better choice due to inclusion of new library codes. Alternatively you can also use EXata Cyber or OPNET.
You can use NS-3 but if you want to do more advanced things like connecting to WSN hardware, or linking to MATLAB, etc then you would need to go with a licensed simulator like OPNET or NetSim
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