A Simple Network Topology and Simulation Scenario
This network consists of 4 nodes (n0, n1, n2, n3) as shown in above figure. The duplex links between n0 and n2, and n1 and n2 have 2 Mbps of bandwidth and 10 ms of delay. The duplex link between n2 and n3 has 1.7 Mbps of bandwidth and 20 ms of delay. Each node uses a DropTail queue, of which the maximum size is 10. A "tcp" agent is attached to n0, and a connection is established to a tcp "sink" agent attached to n3. As default, the maximum size of a packet that a "tcp" agent can generate is 1KByte. A tcp "sink" agent generates and sends ACK packets to the sender (tcp agent) and frees the received packets. A "udp" agent that is attached to n1 is connected to a "null" agent attached to n3. A "null" agent just frees the packets received. A "ftp" and a "cbr" traffic generator are attached to "tcp" and "udp" agents respectively, and the "cbr" is configured to generate 1 KByte packets at the rate of 1 Mbps. The "cbr" is set to start at 0.1 sec and stop at 4.5 sec, and "ftp" is set to start at 1.0 sec and stop at 4.0 sec.
A Simple NS Simulation Script is shown below
set ns [new Simulator]
$ns color 0 blue
$ns color 1 red
$ns color 2 white
set n0 [$ns node]
set n1 [$ns node]
set n2 [$ns node]
set n3 [$ns node]
set f [open out.tr w]
$ns trace-all $f
set nf [open out.nam w]
$ns namtrace-all $nf
$ns duplex-link $n0 $n2 5Mb 2ms DropTail
$ns duplex-link $n1 $n2 5Mb 2ms DropTail
$ns duplex-link $n2 $n3 1.5Mb 10ms DropTail
$ns duplex-link-op $n0 $n2 orient right-up
$ns duplex-link-op $n1 $n2 orient right-down
$ns duplex-link-op $n2 $n3 orient right
$ns duplex-link-op $n2 $n3 queuePos 0.5
set udp0 [new Agent/UDP]
$ns attach-agent $n0 $udp0
set cbr0 [new Application/Traffic/CBR]
$cbr0 attach-agent $udp0
set udp1 [new Agent/UDP]
$ns attach-agent $n3 $udp1
$udp1 set class_ 1
set cbr1 [new Application/Traffic/CBR]
$cbr1 attach-agent $udp1
Set null0 [new Agent/Null]
$ns attach-agent $n3 $null0
set null1 [new Agent/Null]
$ns attach-agent $n1 $null1
$ns connect $udp0 $null0
$ns connect $udp1 $null1
$ns at 1.0 "$cbr0 start"
$ns at 1.1 "$cbr1 start"
set tcp [new Agent/TCP]
$tcp set class_ 2
set sink [new Agent/TCPSink]
$ns attach-agent $n0 $tcp
$ns attach-agent $n3 $sink
$ns connect $tcp $sink
set ftp [new Application/FTP]
$ftp attach-agent $tcp
$ns at 1.2 "$ftp start"
$ns at 1.35 "$ns detach-agent $n0 $tcp ; $ns detach-agent $n3 $sink"
puts [$cbr0 set packetSize_]
puts [$cbr0 set interval_]
$ns at 3.0 "finish"
proc finish {} {
global ns f nf
$ns flush-trace
close $f
close $nf
puts "running nam..."
exec nam out.nam &
exit 0
}
$ns run
