Masterarbeit
VirtualMesh: real world software on simulated wireless mesh nodes
Betreuer: Thomas Staub, Prof. Dr. Torsten Braun
In two previous projects, students have currently implemented a management solution for wireless mesh networks (SRM, ADAM). In our wireless mesh networks, embedded systems (WRAP and Alix boards from PCEngines) running an embedded Linux system are used. Due to limited number of mesh nodes, the possibility of virtualization has to be evaluated. Virtual nodes would offer more flexibility for testing wireless mesh networks. The goal of this project is to build up these virtualization facilities using XEN.
The Master's thesis consists of:
- conception of the virtualization
- running the base image of the embedded Linux system as guest os under XEN
- modeling of the wireless communication between the virtual nodes (wireless model, interference, multiple channels)
- support of mobility in the virtual network
- experimentation and statistically analysis
Required skills: C/C++, Linux, basic knowledge in computer networks and statistics
The thesis is assigned to Reto Gantenbein
In the course of this master thesis, the following tools are in development:
- Virtual interface daemon (vifd): Tool for creating and managing virtual wireless devices on Linux
- PacketModeller: Tool for redirecting traffic from a virtual wireless device to the OMNeT++ simulation model
- WlanModel: OMNeT++ module for injecting real-world traffic into the simulation environment
If you like to test this solution in your environment, you can download a snapshot of the source code in our software section.
There are first results available:
 | Thomas Staub, Reto Gantenbein, Torsten Braun: VirtualMesh: An Emulation Framework for Wireless Mesh Networks in OMNeT++, The 2nd International Workshop on OMNeT++ (OMNeT++ 2009) held in conjuction with the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques  , Rome, Italy, March 6 - 7, 2009, ISBN 978-963-9799-45-5 |