We would like to share a news with you that the NCTUns 6.0 network simulator
and emulator has just been released.
NCTUns is an open source tool that can be used for non-profit education and
research purposes for free. NCTUns is a high-quality and professional tool.
It has received many academic honors and has been licensed to many international
companies for commercial uses. After inputting the "network simulator" keyword
into Google, you will see that NCTUns is ranked at a very top position in the
returned list.
In the following, we briefly introduce NCTUns to you. More detailed
information about it can be found at its download web site at
http://NSL.csie.nctu.edu.tw/nctuns.html.
Sincerely,
Shie-Yuan Wang
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Prof. Shie-Yuan Wang
Department of Computer Science
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Email: shieyuan@cs.nctu.edu.tw
http://www.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~shieyuan
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NCTUns 6.0 Network Simulator and Emulator
Features:
1. It can be easily used as an emulator.
2. It supports distributed emulation of a large network over
multiple machines.
3. It supports seamless integration of emulation and simulation.
4. It directly uses the real-life Linux TCP/IP protocol stack to
generate high-fidelity simulation results.
5. It can run any real-life UNIX application program on a
simulated node without any modification.
6. Its setup and usage of a simulated network and application
programs are exactly the same as those used in real-life IP
networks.
7. It simulates various important networks.
8. It simulates various important protocols.
9. It finishes a network simulation case quickly.
10. It generates repeatable simulation results.
11. It provides a highly-integrated and professional GUI environment.
12. Its simulation engine adopts an open-system architecture and
is open source.
13. It supports remote, concurrent, and distributed simulations.
14. It provides complete and high-quality documentations.
15. It provides a NCTUns forum for users to seek helps and exchange
ideas.
16. It is continuously supported, maintained, and improved.
Academic Honors Received:
1. The NCTUns 5.0 is invited by MDM 2009 conference (International
Conference on Mobile Data Management ¡V System, Services, and
Middleware) to demonstrate its simulation capabilities of
IEEE 802.11(p)/1609 WAVE wireless vehicular networks on May 18-20,
2009, Taipei, Taiwan.
2. The NCTUns 5.0 is invited by IEEE WiVEC 2008 conference to demonstrate
its simulation capabilities of IEEE 802.11(p)/1609 WAVE wireless
vehicular networks on September 21-22, 2008.
3. The NCTUns 4.0 workshop was held on July 16-17, 2007. It attracted
195 professors, students, engineers, and researchers coming from 44
universities in Taiwan.
4. NCTUns 4.0 was exhibited at IEEE ICC 2007 conference (International
Conference on Communication 2007), June 24-28, 2007, Glasgow,
Scotland, UK.
5. NCTUns 4.0 Beta was selected as a research exhibition by IEEE PIMRC
2006 conference (The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Personal,
Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications), Helsinki, Finland, September
11-14 2006.
6. NCTUns 3.0 was selected as a research demo by IEEE/Create-Net
TridentCom 2006 conference (Conference on Testbeds and Research
Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities),
Barcelona, Spain, March 1-3 2006.
7. NCTUns 2.0 was selected as a half-day tutorial by SPECT 2005 conference
(2005 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and
Telecommunication Systems, sponsored by The Society for Modeling and
Simulation International), held in Philadelphia, USA, July 24-28, 2005.
8. NCTUns 2.0 was selected as research demo by IEEE INFOCOM'05 conference
held in Miami, USA, March 13-17, 2005.
9. NCTUns 2.0 was selected as a half-day tutorial by MASCOTS 2004
conference (12th Annual Meeting of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium
on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication
Systems), Volendam, The Netherlands, October 4¡V7, 2004.
10. IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Taipei Chapter, selected NCTUns 2.0
as a full-day tutorial at its¡§Wireless Systems and Network Technologies¡¨
workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, September 1¡V3, 2004.
11. The second NCTUns 1.0 workshop was held on December 12, 2003. It
attracted 120 professors, students, engineers, and researchers coming
from 28 universities in Taiwan.
12. NCTUns 1.0 was selected as a research demo by ACM MobiCom'03 held in
San Deigo, USA, September 14-19, 2003.
13. NCTUns 1.0 was reported in the¡§Software Tools for Networking¡¨column
of the IEEE Network Magazine in its July 2003 issue.
14. The first NCTUns 1.0 workshop was held on December 8, 2002. It
attracted 220 professors, students, engineers, and researchers coming
from 26 universities in Taiwan.
15. NCTUns 1.0 was selected as a research demo by ACM MobiCom'02 held in
Atlanta, USA, September 23-28, 2002.
Simulation Capabilities:
Compared with the 5.0 version, the 6.0 version includes new supports for
(1) Loading real-world road maps (shape format) for IEEE 802.11(p)/1609 WAVE
wireless vehicular networks, (2) Module-based vehicle behavior control
for simulating thousands of vehicles on the roads. (3) IEEE 802.16(j)
transparent mode and non-transparent mode WiMAX networks, (4) Distributed
emulation of a large network over multiple machines, and (5) Runtime
messaging from simulation engine to GUI to display important information
during simulation.
The other capabilities include: IEEE 802.11(p)/1609 WAVE wireless vehicular
networks, IEEE 802.16(e) mobile WiMAX networks, IEEE 802.16(d) WiMAX PMP and
mesh mode networks, IEEE 802.11(a/b) WLAN ad-hoc and infrastructure mode
networks, IEEE 802.11(b) wireless mesh networks, DVB-RCS satellite networks,
GPRS cellular networks, optical circuit-switched and burst-switched networks,
IEEE 802.11(e) QoS WLAN, tactic and active mobile ad hoc networks, mobile ad
hoc networks, Intelligent Transportation Systems networks, multi-interface
mobile nodes, directional and steerable antennas, emulations, fixed networks,
various and more realistic wireless channel models, etc.
Related Papers:
1. S.Y. Wang and C.L. Chou, "NCTUns Tool for Wireless Vehicular
Communication Network Researches," Elsevier Simulation Modelling
Practice and Theory, (accepted and to appear in 2009)
2. S.Y. Wang and R.M. Huang, "NCTUns Tool for Innovative Network
Emulations," a chapter of the "Computer-Aided Design and Other
Computing Research Developments" book, (ISBN: 978-1-60456-860-8,
published by Nova Science Publishers in 2009)
3. S.Y. Wang, C.C. Lin, and C.C. Huang, "NCTUns Tool for Evaluating
the Performances of Real-life P2P Applications," a chapter of the
"Peer-to-Peer Networks, Security, Protocols, and Applications" book,
(to be published by Nova Science Publishers in 2009)
4. S.Y. Wang and C.C. Lin, "NCTUns 5.0: A Network Simulator for IEEE
802.11(p) and 1609 Wireless Vehicular Network Researches,"
2nd IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular
Communications, September 21¡V22, 2008, Calgary, Canada.
5. S.Y. Wang and C.L. Chou, "NCTUns Simulator for Wireless Vehicular
Ad Hoc Network Research", a chapter of the "Ad Hoc Networks: New
Research" book, (ISBN: 978-1-60456-895-0, published by Nova Science
Publishers in 2008)
6. S.M. Huang, Y.C. Sung, S.Y. Wang, and Y.B. Lin, "NCTUns Simulation
Tool for WiMAX Modeling," Third Annual International Wireless
Internet Conference, October 22 ¡V 24, 2007, Austin, Texas, USA.
7. S.Y. Wang, C.L. Chou, Y.H. Chiu, Y.S. Tseng, M.S. Hsu, Y.W. Cheng,
W.L. Liu, and T.W. Ho, "NCTUns 4.0: An Integrated Simulation
Platform for Vehicular Traffic, Communication, and Network
Researches," 1st IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular
Communications, September 30¡VOctober 1, 2007, Baltimore, MD, USA.
8. S.Y. Wang, C.L. Chou, C.C. Lin, "The Design and Implementation of
the NCTUns Network Simulation Engine," Elsevier Simulation
Modelling Practice and Theory, 15 (2007) 57¡V81.
9. S.Y. Wang and K.C. Liao, "Innovative Network Emulations using the
NCTUns Tool," a book chapter of the¡§Computer Networking and
Networks¡¨book, (ISBN 1-59454-830-7, published by Nova Science
Publishers in 2006)
10. S.Y. Wang and Y.B. Lin, "NCTUns Network Simulation and Emulation for
Wireless Resource Management," Wiley Wireless Communications and
Mobile Computing, Vol.5, Issue 8, December 2005, pp. 899¡V916.
11. S.Y. Wang, C.L. Chou, C.H. Huang, C.C. Hwang, Z.M. Yang, C.C. Chiou,
and C.C. Lin, "The Design and Implementation of the NCTUns 1.0
Network Simulator," Computer Networks, Vol. 42, Issue 2, June 2003,
pp. 175-197.
12. S.Y. Wang, "NCTUns 1.0," in the column "Software Tools for
Networking," IEEE Networks, Vol. 17, No. 4, July 2003.
13. S.Y. Wang and H.T. Kung, "A New Methodology for Easily Constructing
Extensible and High-Fidelity TCP/IP Network Simulators," Computer
Networks, Vol. 40, Issue 2, October 2002, pp. 257-278.
14. S.Y. Wang and H.T. Kung, "A Simple Methodology for Constructing
Extensible and High-Fidelity TCP/IP Network Simulators," IEEE
INFOCOM'99, March 21-25, 1999, New York, USA.
Download and Usage Statistics:
The NCTUns network simulator and emulator was first released on 11/18/2002.
As of September 7, 2009, according to the download user database, more than
15,078 people from 133 countries have registered at the NCTUns web site
and downloaded it, and these numbers are still growing. From the Google
Scholar statistics, 301 conference papers, journal papers,
master theses, and Ph.D. dissertations have used or referenced NCTUns
for conducting researches. Several international renowned companies have
purchased NCTUns commercial licenses to use it for their products or
projects.
Licensing Agreements:
NCTUns can be used without charge in non-commercial non-profit
organizations for education and research purposes. To use NCTUns
for commercial purposes, please contact Prof. S.Y. Wang at
shieyuan@cs.nctu.edu.tw to purchase commercial licenses.
THE NCTUns NETWORK SIMULATOR AND EMULATOR IS AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
OF THE NETWORK AND SYSTEM LABORATORY (NSL), DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER
SCIENCE, NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY, TAIWAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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