The design and implementation of an emulation architecture for ad hoc networks is described in details and tested. The tool is able to emulate many unicast routing protocols with a real exchange of signaling and data packets between the hosts present in the network. With respect to a wireless test bed, the emulator works on hosts connected each other via wired links and the wireless channel is simulated. The emulator works in the user space, and allows an easy interface with the Simple ad hoc simulator (SAM), where many routing protocols are present
['Alessandra Giovanardi', 'Gianluca Mazzini']
Emulation Architecture Implementation and Design