Network simulator is used to simulate the networking concepts.Network simulation is highly used in academic studies and research and development.All kind of the networking parameters. we can measure using network simulation tools like Delay / speed / Packet loss radio / Time / Throughput / Energy / Bandwidth
| Network Tools | Program Language | Environment OS | Commercial Details | Network type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ns2 | Tcl / Tk / C++ / OTCl | Windows( CYGWIN), Linux MINT/UBUNTU / FEDORA / MINT / etc… | Open Source | Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET / Security /Vertical Handover etc….
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| OMNeT++ | C++ | Windows, Unix-based, Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 | OPEN SOURCE | Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET / WBAN / Under water sensor network / Social sensor network etc…. |
| Ns3 | C++, python | Windows( CYGWIN), Linux MINT/UBUNTU /Free BSD X86/ FEDORA / MAC OS | OPEN SOURCE | Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET / Device to Device Communication etc…. |
| OPNET | C/C++ | Hewlett-Packard, Sun-4 SPARCVarious, Solaris 2.6, 7 8Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000Required System Patches- | Commercial network simulator | Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET / Radio Network etc…. |
| QualNet | C++ | MAC os, Unix, Windows,Linux, Solaris, DOS | Commercial network simulator | Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET etc…. |
| MININET | Python | Linux | OPENSOURCE | OPEN FLOW / SDN (Software Defined Network) |
| ONESIM | Java | WINDOWS / LINUX/ MAC OS X | OPEN SOURCE | Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET etc….
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| PEERSIM | Java | WINDOWS / LINUX | OPEN SOURCE | Parallel Systems / Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET etc…. |
| PSIM | C / C++,Java | WINDOWS / LINUX/ MAC OS X | OPEN SOURCE | Parallel & Distributed systems / Wired / wireless / wireless sensor / ADHOC / MANET / Wired cum Wireless / SDN / VANET etc…. |
Difference between the network simulators:
Each Network simulators have the various properties ,according to the property we can classify Network simulation Tools based on the following below factors.
| Technology | Ph.D | MS | M.Tech |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS2 | 75 | 117 | 95 |
| NS3 | 98 | 119 | 206 |
| OMNET++ | 103 | 95 | 87 |
| OPNET | 36 | 64 | 89 |
| QULANET | 30 | 76 | 60 |
| MININET | 71 | 62 | 74 |
| MATLAB | 96 | 185 | 180 |
| LTESIM | 38 | 32 | 16 |
| COOJA SIMULATOR | 35 | 67 | 28 |
| CONTIKI OS | 42 | 36 | 29 |
| GNS3 | 35 | 89 | 14 |
| NETSIM | 35 | 11 | 21 |
| EVE-NG | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| TRANS | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| PEERSIM | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| GLOMOSIM | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| RTOOL | 13 | 15 | 8 |
| KATHARA SHADOW | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| VNX and VNUML | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| WISTAR | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| CNET | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| ESCAPE | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| NETMIRAGE | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| BOSON NETSIM | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| VIRL | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| CISCO PACKET TRACER | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| SWAN | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| JAVASIM | 40 | 68 | 69 |
| SSFNET | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| TOSSIM | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| PSIM | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| PETRI NET | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| ONESIM | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| OPTISYSTEM | 32 | 64 | 24 |
| DIVERT | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| TINY OS | 19 | 27 | 17 |
| TRANS | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| OPENPANA | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| SECURE CRT | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| EXTENDSIM | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| CONSELF | 7 | 19 | 6 |
| ARENA | 5 | 12 | 9 |
| VENSIM | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| MARIONNET | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| NETKIT | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| GEOIP | 9 | 17 | 8 |
| REAL | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| NEST | 5 | 10 | 9 |
| PTOLEMY | 7 | 8 | 4 |
