Article: Comparative analysis of simulator tools for unmanned aerial vehicle communication networks Journal: International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control (IJMIC) 2021 Vol.39 No.4 pp.293 - 302 Abstract: In recent years, the real-world problems are being solved by researchers using the simulation method for experiments in the field of networks and communication. However, the simulator tools are generally used to assess the theories, ideas, and hypothesis by research society. The unmanned aerial vehicle communication networks (UAVCNs) is an emerging area, having many issues which could be explored by the development of testbed scenarios using the simulator tools. Therefore, it is a more important task for researchers to select an appropriate simulator tool for a specific research experiment. This paper presents nine simulator tools. In addition, four simulator tools' performance is evaluated in terms of memory utilisation and computation time concerning increasing the density of network nodes. Consequently, it has been observed that Ns-3 is more efficient than Ns-2, OMNeT+ +, and GloMoSim. In addition, using these tools, researchers can explore and evaluate the performance of UAVCN. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Comparative analysis of simulator tools for unmanned aerial vehicle communication networks

Authors: Haque Nawaz; Husnain Mansoor Ali; Shafiq-ur-Rehman Massan

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan; Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Newports Institute of Communication and Economics, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract: In recent years, the real-world problems are being solved by researchers using the simulation method for experiments in the field of networks and communication. However, the simulator tools are generally used to assess the theories, ideas, and hypothesis by research society. The unmanned aerial vehicle communication networks (UAVCNs) is an emerging area, having many issues which could be explored by the development of testbed scenarios using the simulator tools. Therefore, it is a more important task for researchers to select an appropriate simulator tool for a specific research experiment. This paper presents nine simulator tools. In addition, four simulator tools' performance is evaluated in terms of memory utilisation and computation time concerning increasing the density of network nodes. Consequently, it has been observed that Ns-3 is more efficient than Ns-2, OMNeT+ +, and GloMoSim. In addition, using these tools, researchers can explore and evaluate the performance of UAVCN.

Keywords: UAV's; UAVCN; Ns-2; Ns-3; JSim; MATLAB; OMNeT+ +; OPNET; QualNet; GloMoSim; AVENS; simulator tools; unmanned aerial vehicles.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2021.123792

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 2021 Vol.39 No.4, pp.293 - 302

Received: 28 Dec 2020
Accepted: 20 Feb 2021
Published online: 04 Jul 2022 *

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