LIMoSim: Lightweight ICT-centric Mobility Simulation

Preliminary Beta Version

LIMoSim is an open source framework for integrated joint simulation of aerial and ground-based vehicular communication networks with an explicit focus on the development of anticipatory mobile communication systems. Moreover, it brings together high level mobility simulation with well-known analytical acceleration models.

• SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
• ROADMAP

A preprint of the corresponding scientific publication (IEEE VTC-Fall 2019) is available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.08993. For acknowledging our work in your publication(s), please refer to:

@InProceedings{Sliwa_etal_2019c,
	Author = {Benjamin Sliwa and Manuel Patchou and Christian Wietfeld},
	Title = {Lightweight simulation of hybrid aerial- and ground-based vehicular communication networks},
	Booktitle = {2019 IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall)},
	Year = {2019},
	Address = {Honolulu, Hawaii, USA},
	Month = {Sep},
	Doi = {10.1109/VTCFall.2019.8891340},
}

Quickstart

After following the setup instructions, you can build and start a demo scenario as follows:

• Configure a suitable kit

• To enable ns3 coupling, the build switch exts must be set with the value ns3. This can be achieved as follows:

  • Open the Projects view on the right pane
  • Select Build under Build & Run
  • Add exts=ns3 in the additional arguments input field located in the Build Steps section.

• Compile

• To start a standalone demo scenario:

  • Open the Projects view on the right pane
  • Select Run under Build & Run
  • Add -n standalone -s $scenarioName in the command line arguments input under Run

• To start a ns3 demo scenario:

  • Open the Projects view on the right pane
  • Select Run under Build & Run
  • Add -n ns3 -s $scenarioName in the command line arguments input under Run

  NB: Available Scenario names can be found here:

  • standalone: loadScenarioRegistry()@standalone/scenarios.css
  • ns3: loadScenarioRegistry()@ns3/examples/ns3examplescenarios.cc

Valid Standalone scenario names are the following:

• circleAround
• noop
• followCar

Valid ns3 scenario names are:

• lteAerialBsCluster
• lteCoverageMobile
• lteCoverageStatic
• lteFollower
• lteStaticFollower
• waveFollower

Related Publications

• M. Patchou, B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Logistics: Efficiency Gains and Communication Performance of Hybrid Combinations of Ground and Aerial Vehicles, In IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) 2019, 2019
• B. Sliwa, M. Patchou, C. Wietfeld, Lightweight simulation of hybrid aerial- and ground-based vehicular communication networks, In IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), 2019
• B. Sliwa, S. Falten, C. Wietfeld, Performance evaluation and optimization of B.A.T.M.A.N. V routing for aerial and ground-based mobile ad-hoc networks, In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring)
• B. Sliwa, T. Liebig, T. Vranken, M. Schreckenberg, C. Wietfeld, System-of-systems modeling, analysis and optimization of hybrid vehicular traffic, In IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon)
• B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld, LIMoSim: A framework for lightweight simulation of vehicular mobility in intelligent transportation systems, In Springer International Publishing
• J. Pillmann, B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld, The AutoMat CVIM - A scalable data model for automotive big data marketplaces, In IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM)
• B. Sliwa, J. Pillmann, F. Eckermann, L. Habel, M. Schreckenberg, C. Wietfeld, Lightweight joint simulation of vehicular mobility and communication with LIMoSim, In IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC)
• B. Sliwa, J. Pillmann, F. Eckermann, C. Wietfeld, LIMoSim: A lightweight and integrated approach for simulating vehicular mobility with OMNeT++, In OMNeT++ Community Summit 2017 (Best Contribution Award)