2021/05/07

NST32031-Practical for Wireless Network

Department of ICT
Faculty of Technology
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
Lab Sheet 03

Title: Building a Bus Network Topology

Source Code:
 it is saved inside your downloaded ns3 file example/tutorial location
 copy second.cc to ‘ns-330/scratch’ folder

Task 01: Source Code Explanation (second.cc or second.py):

//Header files adding
#include "ns3/core-module.h"
#include "ns3/network-module.h"
#include "ns3/csma-module.h"
#include "ns3/internet-module.h"
#include "ns3/point-to-point-module.h"
#include "ns3/applications-module.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-global-routing-helper.h"

// Default Network Topology

// 10.1.1.0
// n0 -------------- n1 n2 n3 n4
// point-to-point | | | |
// ================
// LAN 10.1.2.0

// This groups all ns-3-related declarations in a scope outside the global namespace,
using namespace ns3;

//Doxygen documentation system. this line declares a logging component called

SecondScriptExample that allows you to enable and disable console message logging by
reference to the name.
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("SecondScriptExample");

//Declaration of the main function of your program (script)

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
bool verbose = true;
uint32_t nCsma = 3; //unsigned integer 32bits
//number of csma nodes = 3
//n1 is point-to-point
 CommandLine cmd;
cmd.AddValue ("nCsma", "Number of \"extra\" CSMA nodes/devices", nCsma); // 3 csma
nodes
cmd.AddValue ("verbose", "Tell echo applications to log if true", verbose); //whatever we
are doing is recorded

cmd.Parse (argc,argv);

if (verbose) //if verbose value is true boolean

{
LogComponentEnable ("UdpEchoClientApplication", LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
LogComponentEnable ("UdpEchoServerApplication", LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
}
nCsma = nCsma == 0 ? 1 : nCsma; //if there is no nodes in csma, it takes at total node == 1

//Topology Helpers
//NodeContainer topology helper provides a convenient way to create, manage and access
any Node objects that we create in order to run a simulation
NodeContainer p2pNodes;
//point-to-point connection between n0 and n1
//asks the container to create two nodes.
p2pNodes.Create (2);

NodeContainer csmaNodes;
csmaNodes.Add (p2pNodes.Get (1));
csmaNodes.Create (nCsma); //nCsma = 3

//constructing a point to point link

PointToPointHelper pointToPoint; //instantiates a PointToPointHelper object on the stack
pointToPoint.SetDeviceAttribute ("DataRate", StringValue ("5Mbps"));
pointToPoint.SetChannelAttribute ("Delay", StringValue ("2ms"));

//NetDeviceContainer holds a list of all of the NetDevice objects that are created
NetDeviceContainer p2pDevices;
p2pDevices = pointToPoint.Install (p2pNodes);

CsmaHelper csma;
csma.SetChannelAttribute ("DataRate", StringValue ("100Mbps"));
csma.SetChannelAttribute ("Delay", TimeValue (NanoSeconds (6560)));

NetDeviceContainer csmaDevices;
csmaDevices = csma.Install (csmaNodes);

InternetStackHelper stack;
stack.Install (p2pNodes.Get (0)); // stack.Install (p2pNodes.Get (1))there is no need to
install
stack.Install (csmaNodes); //p2pNodes.Get(1)= csmaNodes.Get(0)
 Ipv4AddressHelper address;
address.SetBase ("10.1.1.0", "255.255.255.0");
Ipv4InterfaceContainer p2pInterfaces;
p2pInterfaces = address.Assign (p2pDevices);

address.SetBase ("10.1.2.0", "255.255.255.0");

Ipv4InterfaceContainer csmaInterfaces;
csmaInterfaces = address.Assign (csmaDevices);

UdpEchoServerHelper echoServer (9);

ApplicationContainer serverApps = echoServer.Install (csmaNodes.Get (nCsma));

//The server is csmaNodes.Get(3) - n4 is the server
serverApps.Start (Seconds (1.0));
serverApps.Stop (Seconds (10.0));

UdpEchoClientHelper echoClient (csmaInterfaces.GetAddress (nCsma), 9);

echoClient.SetAttribute ("MaxPackets", UintegerValue (1));
echoClient.SetAttribute ("Interval", TimeValue (Seconds (1.0)));
echoClient.SetAttribute ("PacketSize", UintegerValue (1024));

ApplicationContainer clientApps = echoClient.Install (p2pNodes.Get (0));

clientApps.Start (Seconds (2.0)); //n0 is the client
clientApps.Stop (Seconds (10.0));

Ipv4GlobalRoutingHelper::PopulateRoutingTables ();

pointToPoint.EnablePcapAll ("second");
//pcap will be opened using either wireshark or tcpdump
csma.EnablePcap ("second", csmaDevices.Get (1), true);
//if you want to get packets to other nodes;
//csma.EnablePcap ("second", csmaDevices.Get (3), true);

Simulator::Run ();
Simulator::Destroy ();
return 0;
}

To run this;
First copy paste second.cc to scratch folder. Then run below codes in terminal;

1. >> cd ns-allinone-3.30/
2. >> cd ns-3.30/
3. >>. /waf --run scratch/second.cc

Task 02: To implement network simulation using Wireshark;

 if you have not installed Wireshark follow below command
o >> sudo apt-get install wireshark

 here is the ‘.pcap’ files that were created inside ns3;

 run below code to see network simulation in Wireshark;

o >> wireshark second-1-0.pcap
Task 03: To implement network simulation using tcpdump:
>> tcpdump –n –t –r second-1-0.pcap

Task 04: To implement network simulation NetAnim to below changes:

#include "ns3/core-module.h"
#include "ns3/network-module.h"
#include "ns3/csma-module.h"
#include "ns3/internet-module.h"
#include "ns3/point-to-point-module.h"
#include "ns3/applications-module.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-global-routing-helper.h"
#include "ns3/netanim-module.h"

using namespace ns3;

NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("SecondScriptExample");

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
bool verbose = true;
uint32_t nCsma = 3;

CommandLine cmd;
cmd.AddValue ("nCsma", "Number of \"extra\" CSMA nodes/devices", nCsma);
cmd.AddValue ("verbose", "Tell echo applications to log if true", verbose);

cmd.Parse (argc,argv);

if (verbose)
{
LogComponentEnable ("UdpEchoClientApplication", LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
LogComponentEnable ("UdpEchoServerApplication", LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
}
nCsma = nCsma == 0 ? 1 : nCsma;

NodeContainer p2pNodes;
p2pNodes.Create (2);

NodeContainer csmaNodes;
csmaNodes.Add (p2pNodes.Get (1));
csmaNodes.Create (nCsma);

PointToPointHelper pointToPoint;
pointToPoint.SetDeviceAttribute ("DataRate", StringValue ("5Mbps"));
pointToPoint.SetChannelAttribute ("Delay", StringValue ("2ms"));

NetDeviceContainer p2pDevices;
p2pDevices = pointToPoint.Install (p2pNodes);

CsmaHelper csma;
csma.SetChannelAttribute ("DataRate", StringValue ("100Mbps"));
csma.SetChannelAttribute ("Delay", TimeValue (NanoSeconds (6560)));

NetDeviceContainer csmaDevices;
csmaDevices = csma.Install (csmaNodes);

InternetStackHelper stack;
stack.Install (p2pNodes.Get (0));
stack.Install (csmaNodes);
 Ipv4AddressHelper address;
address.SetBase ("10.1.1.0", "255.255.255.0");
Ipv4InterfaceContainer p2pInterfaces;
p2pInterfaces = address.Assign (p2pDevices);

address.SetBase ("10.1.2.0", "255.255.255.0");

Ipv4InterfaceContainer csmaInterfaces;
csmaInterfaces = address.Assign (csmaDevices);

UdpEchoServerHelper echoServer (9);

ApplicationContainer serverApps = echoServer.Install (csmaNodes.Get (nCsma));

serverApps.Start (Seconds (1.0));
serverApps.Stop (Seconds (10.0));

UdpEchoClientHelper echoClient (csmaInterfaces.GetAddress (nCsma), 9);

echoClient.SetAttribute ("MaxPackets", UintegerValue (3));
echoClient.SetAttribute ("Interval", TimeValue (Seconds (1.0)));
echoClient.SetAttribute ("PacketSize", UintegerValue (1024));

ApplicationContainer clientApps = echoClient.Install (p2pNodes.Get (0));

clientApps.Start (Seconds (2.0));
clientApps.Stop (Seconds (10.0));

Ipv4GlobalRoutingHelper::PopulateRoutingTables ();

pointToPoint.EnablePcapAll ("second");
csma.EnablePcap ("second", csmaDevices.Get (1), true);

//Network Animator
AnimationInterface anim(“second.xml”);
anim.SetConstantPosition(p2pNodes.Get(0), 10.0,10.0);
anim.SetConstantPosition(p2pNodes.Get(1), 20.0,20.0);
anim.SetConstantPosition(csmaNodes.Get(1), 30.0,30.0);
anim.SetConstantPosition(csmaNodes.Get(2), 40.0,40.0);
anim.SetConstantPosition(csmaNodes.Get(3), 50.0,50.0);

Simulator::Run ();
Simulator::Destroy ();
 return 0;
}

To run this;

1. ./waf –run scratch/second

2. cd ns-allinone-3.30/netaim-3.108/
3. /NetAnim