NetSim
Encyclopedia
NetSim is a popular network simulation
tool used by the academic community for teaching, network lab experimentation and research. Various technologies such as Ethernet
, Wireless LAN
, Wi Max, TCP
, IP
, etc are covered in NetSim.
, Bangalore. NetSim has also been featured with Computer Networks and Internets V edition by Dr. Douglas Comer, published by Prentice Hall.
Apart from simulation NetSim also features C / C++ programming exercises, Animated basics and real time packet capture.
and a compiler. Model libraries with source code are provided for user modification. Importantly, options are not limited to the listing as it is possible to develop any type of protocol or device model with NetSim’s protocol editing facilities.
- India
, Aleppo University- Syria
, INTI
- Malaysia, Barry University
- USA, Szczecin University - Poland
, Dar Al-Hekma College
Saudi Arabia
, etc
Network simulation
In communication and computer network research, network simulation is a technique where a program models the behavior of a network either by calculating the interaction between the different network entities using mathematical formulas, or actually capturing and playing back observations from a...
tool used by the academic community for teaching, network lab experimentation and research. Various technologies such as Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
, Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN
A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network...
, Wi Max, TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
The Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is one of the two original components of the suite, complementing the Internet Protocol , and therefore the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP...
, IP
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
, etc are covered in NetSim.
History
NetSim is a stochastic discrete event simulator developed by Tetcos, in association with Indian Institute of ScienceIndian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909.-History:After a chance meeting between Jamsetji N...
, Bangalore. NetSim has also been featured with Computer Networks and Internets V edition by Dr. Douglas Comer, published by Prentice Hall.
Apart from simulation NetSim also features C / C++ programming exercises, Animated basics and real time packet capture.
Model Libraries in NetSim
- AlohaAlohaAloha in the Hawaiian language means affection, peace, compassion and mercy. Since the middle of the 19th century, it also has come to be used as an English greeting to say goodbye and hello...
, Slotted Aloha - Token Ring, Token Bus
- EthernetEthernetEthernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
CSMA / CD, Fast and Gigabit Ethernet - W LAN - IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
- X.25X.25X.25 is an ITU-T standard protocol suite for packet switched wide area network communication. An X.25 WAN consists of packet-switching exchange nodes as the networking hardware, and leased lines, Plain old telephone service connections or ISDN connections as physical links...
- Frame RelayFrame relayFrame Relay is a standardized wide area network technology that specifies the physical and logical link layers of digital telecommunications channels using a packet switching methodology...
- TCPTransmission Control ProtocolThe Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is one of the two original components of the suite, complementing the Internet Protocol , and therefore the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP...
, UDPUser Datagram ProtocolThe User Datagram Protocol is one of the core members of the Internet Protocol Suite, the set of network protocols used for the Internet. With UDP, computer applications can send messages, in this case referred to as datagrams, to other hosts on an Internet Protocol network without requiring... - IPv4IPv4Internet Protocol version 4 is the fourth revision in the development of the Internet Protocol and the first version of the protocol to be widely deployed. Together with IPv6, it is at the core of standards-based internetworking methods of the Internet...
and IPv6IPv6Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4... - Routing - RIP, OSPF, BGP
- MPLSMplsMPLS or Mpls can refer to:* Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States* Multiprotocol Label Switching, a data-carrying mechanism in computer networking...
- Wi-Max
- MANETManet-MANET as an abbreviation:*MANET is a mobile ad hoc network, a self-configuring mobile wireless network.*MANET database or Molecular Ancestry Network, bioinformatics database-People with the surname Manet:*Édouard Manet, a 19th-century French painter....
- GSM
- CDMA
- Wireless Sensor NetworkWireless sensor networkA wireless sensor network consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants and to cooperatively pass their data through the network to a main location. The more modern...
Performance Metrics
NetSim provides network performance metrics at various abstraction level such as Network, sub-network, Node and a detailed packet traceDevelopment Environment
NetSim features a Development environment with a source code editorSource code editor
A source code editor is a text editor program designed specifically for editing source code of computer programs by programmers. It may be a standalone application or it may be built into an integrated development environment ....
and a compiler. Model libraries with source code are provided for user modification. Importantly, options are not limited to the listing as it is possible to develop any type of protocol or device model with NetSim’s protocol editing facilities.
Curriculum
NetSim tool and the labs available have been adopted into the curriculum in several universities including Anna University, Biju Patnaik university , Christ University etcCustomers
Over 250 universities world wide are using NetSim, including BITS Pilani, NIT Surat & Anna UniversityAnna University
Anna University was a premier technical university in Tamil Nadu, India. Anna University was formed on September 4, 1978, as a unitary university that integrated four technical institutions in the city of Chennai , including the College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology,...
- India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Aleppo University- Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
, INTI
Inti
According to the Inca mythology, Inti is the sun god, as well a patron deity of the Inca Empire. His exact origin is not known. The most common story says he is the son of Viracocha, the god of civilization.- Worship :...
- Malaysia, Barry University
Barry University
Barry University is a private, Catholic university, which was founded in 1940 in Miami Shores, Florida, a suburb north of Downtown Miami. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami....
- USA, Szczecin University - Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Dar Al-Hekma College
Dar Al-Hekma College
Dar Al-Hekma College is a private, non-profit institution of higher education for women in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Classes are taught in English. The college started in September 1999, with the approval of the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education...
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, etc