FRANC: A Lightweight Java Framework for Wireless Multihop Communication
David Cavin, Yoav Sasson, André Schiper · Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) · 2003
Simulation and emulation are popular means for evaluating wireless Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) protocols. Since MANETs are highly dependant on their physical environment, these techniques offer only a partial understanding of factors that may influence performance. Deploying real-life MANETs is therefore an indispensable complementary step for the advancement of MANETs. This paper presents FRANC, a dedicated extensible Java framework for the development, deployment and evaluation of applications and algorithms for wireless mobile ad hoc networks.