Buildingthe FeasibleSimulationPlatform SupportedwithMultipleVersions of ns-2

Abstract

Network simulator version 2 (ns-2) has being one of the most popular software package for the simulation and performance analysis of network protocols. Due to the open-source policy adopted in ns-2, many researchers have contributed their extensions to ns- 2 for public users to patch. Since the patches are based on a diversity versions of ns-2, having multiple versions of ns-2 in hand is highly demanded for ns-2 users. In this paper, we propose to build the feasible simulation platform supported with multiple versions of ns-2 in the Windows XP. In particular, a successful installation of ns- 2 with versions 2.26 through 2.34 has been verified by following the proposed procedure. With the platform, plenty of released extensions for different versions of ns-2 can be easily augmented and shared to promote research in areas of communication networks.