Open Source Linux Network Simulators

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Netsim is a mobile ad hoc network simulator targeted at large heterogeneous node configurations. It is written in Java and is easily extensible through its modular concept.

The goal of this project is to be an improvement of the original Network Animator (NAM) module provided as part of the Network Simulator 2 (NS2). This tool provides topology visualization, TCL script generation, and enhanced simulation animation.

The program Virtual Network Simulator for Web 2.0 is a tool that allows the simulation of assembly and configuration of computer network projects, virtual or physical. It also simulate the sending of a package between the hots of origin and destinati

In an optical network scenario which consists of multiple nodes (whiteboxes) at its edges and ROADMs in-between, the coherent transceiver average laser configuration time is improved. The process is evaluated according to a testbed setup. This is facilitated in the appropriate lab equipment (or via simulation when required). For that purpose, a software agent (Netconf server) residing at the whiteboxes, is developed receiving input from the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) packet controller (PacketCTL - a Netconf client). Then, configuration of the local transceiver laser frequencies of the controlled pluggable devices takes place, for facilitating the connectivity in-between the ROADM network. Also, the agent records and reports back telemetry data (feedback) which is used by the PacketCTL's resource-allocating mechanism to improve efficiency within the network topology.

GNNS - GNNS Neural Network Simulator, is both a set of libraries and an interface for creating and learning neural networks. It is aimed to support as many network typs and learning algorithms as possible. GNNS is meant to support different platforms.

The DV-Hop, Amorphous, Centroid and APIT source code for NS2. Please reference this work as follows: A. Pineda-Briseño, R. Menchaca-Mendez, E. Chavez, G. Guzman, R. Menchaca-Mendez, R. Quintero, M. Torres, M. Moreno, and J. L. Diaz-De-Leon. "A Probabilistic Approach to Location Estimation in MANETs." Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, vol. 28, no. 1-2, pp. 97-114, 2015.

This is a basic implementation of an Information-Centric Network simulator, following the architecture suggested by Blackadder. It was by the University of Essex for the needs of the PAL project and it include Publishers, Subscribers, RV and a Topology Manager.

The Common Open Research Emulator (CORE) is a tool for emulating networks on one or more machines. You can connect these emulated networks to live networks. CORE consists of a GUI for drawing topologies of lightweight virtual machines, and Python modules for scripting network emulation.

AHANNS enables the user to create and train artificial neural networks. Training is carried out by an implementation of back propagation learning algorithm. See the documentation for details. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

DSR-UU is an implementation of the Dynamic Source Routing protocol that runs in the Linux kernel or in the ns-2 network simulator. It was originally created at Uppsala University, hence the UU.

This is a network simulator. This is meant to be user friendly as well as feature rich. This field lacks software with good user interface. Even the commercial softwares in this field is quite lame. This aimed to go along Multisim(R) and Blender(R) form

ROOTSNNS is a set of C++ classes which allows one to use the Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator kernel (ansi-C) within the ROOT, a data analysis package. Multiple ANNs can be built, trained, and tested, while results and ANN performance can be saved.

SGsim is a co-simulation framework consists mainly of the network simulator OMNeT++ and the power grid simulator OpenDSS. Abdalkarim Awad, Peter Bazan and Reinhard German, "SGsim: a Simulation Framework for Smart Grid Applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Energy Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 730-736, May 2014

This is an implementation of the Granular Neural Network architecture defined by S. Dick, A. Tappenden, C. Badke, O. Olarewaju. It is provided for the use of the public, and the convenience of researchers who may wish to develop or use this new system.

AWNetS(Aibear Wireless Network Simulator)is a C++ written,fire-new discrete-event wireless network simulator which integrates network and communication simulations.It also focuses on various kinds of wireless networks including satellite and HAP.

Implemetaion the protocol AntHocNet in Network Simulator 2 (NS-2)

BlueHoc is an open source Bluetooth technology simulator. It simulates the baseband and link layers of the Bluetooth specifications.

A neuronal network simulator using NeuroML (as generated by neuroConstruct) for network description. Conductance- and rate-based Hodgkin-Huxley neuron models, and a number of other neurons & synapses. A 5-6-order RK method is used for integration.

Wireless Sensor Network Simulator Castalia is a simulator for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Body Area Networks (BAN) and generally networks of low-power embedded devices. It is based on the OMNeT++ platform and can be used by researchers and developers who want to test their distributed algorithms and/or protocols in realistic wireless channel and radio models, with a realistic node behaviour especially relating to access of the radio. Castalia can also be used to evaluate different platform characteristics for specific applications, since it is highly parametric, and can simulate a wide range of platforms.

Cervelletto is a neural network simulator. It uses a new neural model based on biological, neurological and psychological studies. [it's not yet completed... just give me some weeks! sorry!]

This project is based on a personal effort for researches on dynamics of coevovling networks. As a physicist, I am trying to build a framework for discrete-time dynamics of general networks, and its software libraries with APIs.

Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) for Network Simulator.

D.N.S. - aka Debian Network Simulator - is a Virtual Machine prepared to run as a guest in VirtualBox to emulate complex networks. It is based on Debian Jessie and is built around the well known GNS3 Project. Thanks to D.N.S. you can emulate Cisco and Juniper devices, as well as different kind of servers, to build complex networks for testing purposes or to have an huge help to study for a certifications like CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA and so on. The goal of the project is to provide an easy to use environment to build a virtual laboratory with GNS3 even without be familiar with GNU/Linux and configurations. So, if you are studying for a certification and/or if you want to build your own laboratory to simulate Cisco, Juniper devices and - in general - complex network topologies, you will find in D.N.S. a good friend :D The first public release has been published on Sunday, 9th of February 2014. Please, read the WiKi for details.