Section: New Software and Platforms

New Software

ns-3 is an open source, C++ based, GPL licensed and highly used discrete-event network simulator. It is targeted primarily for research and educational use. ns-3 is particularly suited for the goals of the research project with Alstom Transport (see § 7.1.3 ). New modules have been developed to enable the simulation of the real antennas used by Alstom . Also, modules related to the handoff procedure were debugged and modified to fit the proprietary algorithm used by Alstom . Another new module allows to simulate the proprietary communication-based train control protocol used by Alstom .