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NS2 by Example

This document describes a network simulation setup in NS2 involving two flows. Flow 1 uses TCP from node 1 to node 5. Flow 2 uses UDP from node 2 to node 6. The link between nodes 3 and 4 is the bottleneck. The simulation creates the nodes and links, attaches the traffic agents for each flow, runs the traffic for 25 seconds, then stops and outputs results to files for analysis in the network animator.

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NS2 by Example

This document describes a network simulation setup in NS2 involving two flows. Flow 1 uses TCP from node 1 to node 5. Flow 2 uses UDP from node 2 to node 6. The link between nodes 3 and 4 is the bottleneck. The simulation creates the nodes and links, attaches the traffic agents for each flow, runs the traffic for 25 seconds, then stops and outputs results to files for analysis in the network animator.

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11/12/2009

NS2 by Example

Obaid Ullah Khalid

Network Topology

 6 nodes with 5 links


 Two different flows
◦ 1-3-4-5
◦ 2-3-4-6
 Link 3-4 is the bottleneck
 Flow 1 runs FTP traffic over TCP Reno
 Flow 2 runs CBR(Constant Bit Rate) over UDP.

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The simulator object and Trace files


 Create a simulator object
◦ set ns [new Simulator]

 Open the NAM and Trace file


◦ set nf [open out.nam w]
◦ $ns namtrace-all $
$ $nf
◦ set f0 [open out1.tr w]
◦ ‘w’ specifies to write on the file

Creating the topology


 Create six nodes
◦ set n1 [$ns node]
◦ set n22 [$ns
[$ node]
d ]
◦ set n3 [$ns node]
◦ set n4 [$ns node]
◦ set n5 [$ns node]
◦ set n6 [$ns node]

 $ns node
$ d creates the
h new node
d object
bj
 Using for loop:
◦ for {set i 0} {$i < 6} {incr i} {
set n($i) [$ns node] }

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Creating the topology


 Create the 5 links: duplex links, 2Mb
bandwidth (except link3-4 with 1Mb
bandwidth), 10ms delay and a droptail
queue.
◦ $ns duplex-link $n1 $n3 2Mb 10ms DropTail
◦ $ns duplex-link $n2 $n3 2Mb 10ms DropTail
◦ $ns duplex-link $n3 $n4 1Mb 10ms DropTail
◦ $ns duplex-link $n4 $n5 2Mb 10ms DropTail
◦ $ns duplex-link $n4 $n6 2Mb 10ms DropTail

Creating Flow1(TCP)
 Source:
◦ set tcpp [[new Agent/TCP/Reno]
g ]
◦ $tcp set packetsize_ 1000 (set packet size to
1000 bytes)
◦ $ns attach-agent $n1 $tcp (attach it to node 1)
 Sink:
◦ set sink [new Agent/TCPSink]
◦ $ns attach-agent $n5 $sink (attach sink to node5)
 Connect source and sink
◦ $ns connect $tcp $sink (connect source and sink)

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Traffic over Flow 1(FTP)


 FTP over TCP connection
◦ set ftp [new Application/FTP]
◦ $ftp attach-agent $tcp
 The 2nd command attaches the traffic
agent to the source.

Creating Flow 2(UDP)


 Source:
◦ set udp [new Agent/UDP]
◦ $ns attach-agent $n2 $udp
 Sink:
◦ set null0 [new Agent/Null] (sink)
◦ $ns attach-agent $n6 $null0
 Connect source to sink:
◦ $ns connect $udp $null0

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Traffic over Flow 2 (CBR)


 CBR over UDP
◦ set cbr0 [new Application/Traffic/CBR]
◦ $cbr0 set packetSize_ 500
◦ $cbr0 set interval_ 0.005 (packets sent every
0.005 seconds)
◦ $cbr0 attach-agent $udp

Sending and stopping the data


 Schedule events for both flows
◦ $ns at 0.0
0 0 "$cbr
$cbr start
start"
◦ $ns at 0.0 "$ftp start"
◦ $ns at 25.0 "$ftp stop"
◦ $ns at 30.0 "$cbr stop"

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Finish Procedure
 Closes the trace files, starts NAM and flushes out
any old values/traces.
◦ proc finish
fi i h {} {
global ns nf f0
$ns flush-trace
#Close the NAM trace file
close $nf
close $f0
#Execute NAM on the trace file
exec nam out.nam &
exit 0
}

Finalizing and running the simulation


 The finish procedure i.e. the simulation is
stopped after the specified time
◦ $ns at 30.0 "finish"

 The last command starts the simulation


◦ $ns run

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Extras
 Creating a diagram of your simulation on
NAM
◦ $ns duplex-link-op $n1 $n3 orient right-down
◦ $ns duplex-link-op $n2 $n3 orient right-up
◦ $ns duplex-link-op $n3 $n4 orient right
◦ $ns duplex-link-op $n4 $n5 orient right-up
◦ $ns duplex-link-op $n4 $n6 orient right-down

Extras
 Setting up the queue size (link 3-4)
◦ $ns queue-limit
queue limit $n3 $n4 10 (10 packet queue
size)

 Monitor the queue


◦ $ns duplex-link-op $n3 $n4 queuePos 0.5 (0.5
specifies the angle in NAM)

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