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Faculty Development Program

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WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, GUINDY

ANNA UNIVERSITY
Chennai-600 024.

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Steps to perform QUALNET simulation

Double Click the QUALNET ICON to enter the software

The QUALNET will show the below screen after opening

SIMULATON
scenario

TOOLS

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Various TOOLS and its uses

INTERMEDIATE devices (switch, ATM)

END device used commonly
Used to establish communication between END devices i.e
between Trarnsmitter and Receiver
Constant Bit Rate (CBR) connection is commonly used in
Establishing a wireless network
To form a wireless network among END devices
To establish a SUBNET among END devices
To establish satellite communication among the END
devices
To establish HUB among the END devices
To establish Hierarchy Network among the END devices
To provide MOBILITY to the END device

To view the statistical results

To execute the scenario
To Run Simulation
Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Now we see the steps how to simulate a WIRELESS NETWORK scenario

Number of END devices (Nodes): 20

Physical Layer: 802.11a, 802.11b
MAC layer: 802.11
Network Layer: AODV, DSR, ZRP

Step 1:
Place the required number of END devices (NODES) on the scenario
(20) from toolset

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Step 2:
Place SUBNET to form wireless subnetwork among END devices

Step 3:
Connect the SUBNET CLOUD to all END devices by pressing ctrl+A
and Right click the SUBNET CLOUD then select Link all Nodes to
190.0.0.0

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Step 4:
To set the properties for END devices click table view at the bottom of
the simulation window

Step 5:
Go to networks tab in the table view window

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Step 6:
On double clicking the Wireless SUBNET, below properties window will
appear.

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Step 7:
By selecting the Physical Layer tab we can set the Radio Type.

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY

Step 8:
By selecting the MAC LAYER tab we can selsct the MAC protocol

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Step 9:
By selecting the Network Layer tab we can set the Network Protocol.

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Step 10:
By selecting the Routing Protocol tab we can set the Routing Protocol.

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Step 11:
After setting up the properties for the scenario, establish a
CBR(Constant Bit Rate) link between the Transmitter END device(s) and
Receiver END device(s)

Step 12:
Now save the Scenario

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Step 13:
After saving the scenario, click run simulation to check the error

Step 14:
If there is no error, execute the scenario and click analyzer after
execution

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Step 15:
The analyzer window will appear as below, using this we can see various
anlyzed results of the executed scenario.

Step 16: Example: CBR server throughput

Faculty Development Program - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, College of Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY