NS2 Wifi Projects

Standards of WIFI:

• 802.11a
• 802.1111b
• 802.1111g
• 802.1111n
• 802.1111ac

Advantages of WIFI:

• Lack of wires.
• It can support roaming.
• Used to connect variety of devices.
• Network interfaces support various degrees of encryption to protect traffic.
• can be pretty easy to create a mesh Wi-Fi.
• Numerous access points.

Applications of NS2 WiFi Projects:

• WIFI guardian.
• game console or laptop.
• Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector.
• WIFI profile manager.
• Hotspot shield.
• Virtual WIFI router.

Sample code for NS2 Wifi Projects:

# configure Base station 802.11
set bstation802 [$ns node 2.0.0] ;
$bstation802 set X_ 500.0
$bstation802 set Y_ 1000.0
$bstation802 set Z_ 0.0
puts “bstation802: tcl=$bstation802; id=[$bstation802 id]; addr=[$bstation802 node-addr]”
# we need to set the BSS for the base station
set bstationMac [$bstation802 getMac 0] set AP_ADDR_0 [$bstationMac id] puts “bss_id for bstation 1=$AP_ADDR_0”
$bstationMac bss_id $AP_ADDR_0
$bstationMac enable-beacon

# creation of the wireless interface 802.11
$ns node-config -wiredRouting OFF \
-macTrace ON
set iface1 [$ns node 2.0.1] ;# node id is 8.
$iface1 random-motion 0 ;# disable random motion
$iface1 base-station [AddrParams addr2id [$bstation802 node-addr]] ;#attach mn to basestation
$iface1 set X_ 470.0
$iface1 set Y_ 1000.0
$iface1 set Z_ 0.0