Practical Methodology for Adding New MANET Routing Protocols to OPNET Modeler
Rani Al-Maharmah, Guido H. Bruck, Peter Jung · International Conference on Advances in System Simulation · 2013
Optimized Network Engineering Tool (OPNET) Modeler is a comprehensive development environment that enables users to model communication networks and distributed systems by performing discrete event si mulations. The OPNET Modeler accelerates the design and model of Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) routing protocols by providing tools for all phases, including model des ign, simulation, data collection, and data analysis. Usi ng the already defined MANET routing protocols is straightforward, while modifying or extending them is a tricky process that can be time and effort consuming. This paper provides a n overview of OPNET Modeler architecture and describes a practical methodology to add new MANET routing protocols to OPNET Modeler by using the Multi-Aware Cluster Head Maintenance (MACHM) as an implementation example.