Advanced Communication Lab OPNET Tutorial SS 2012

Advanced Communication Lab

OPNET Tutorial
SS 2013
Authors !ohammad !" Siddi#ue$ Andreas %" &'ns(en
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Advanced Communication Lab OPNET Tutorial SS 2012
1" Lo( on to the com)uter"
2" O)en the OPNET )ro(ram b* clic+in( on the res)ective icon"
3" A,ter the OPNET )ro(ram has started *ou have to build a sim)le simulation o, t-o .LAN
stations"
/" 0o to File and select New"
1" Select Project and clic+ Ok"
2" 0ive the )ro3ect name accordin( to *our (rou) name" 4or e5am)le$ i, *our (rou) number is
A1 (ive the )ro3ect name projectA1 and the scenario name scenario1"
6" Select Create empty scenario and clic+ Next"
7" Select Office as Net-or+ Scale and select Use metric units"
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Advanced Communication Lab OPNET Tutorial SS 2012
8" S)eci,* the units as ,ollo-s and clic+ Next"
10" Scroll do-n to the bottom and select the technolo(* wireless_lan_adv b* clic+in( on the
corres)ondin( ,ield in the Include? column$ and clic+ Next"
11" Clic+ Finish"
12" The Ob3ect Palette Tree -ill o)en -hich sho-s the di,,erent .LAN com)onents as ,ollo-s"
13" 9n this ste)$ set u) the net-or+ model in the )ro3ect:net-or+ editor o, the OPNET simulator
as sho-n in the ,i(ure belo-"
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Advanced Communication Lab OPNET Tutorial SS 2012
;a< 4rom Node Models under the item wireless_lan_adv in the the ob3ect )alette$ dra( the
Application Config ob3ect into the OPNET -or+)lace -ith )ressin( the le,t button o, the
mouse on and then )ress out the le,t button and )ress the ri(ht button to dro) that in the
-or+)lace"
;b< 9n the same -a*$ dra( and dro) the Profile Config ob3ect"
;c< Add one -ireless LAN ,i5ed -or+station -hich is labelled wlan_wkstn_adv, Fixed
Node and one -ireless LAN mobile -or+station -hich is labelled wlan_wkstn_adv,
Mobile Node into the -or+)lace"
1/" Save *our )ro3ect b* clic+in( Sae !s""" and (ive the name o, *our ,ile as projectX
-here X is *our (rou) number"
11" Con,i(urin( a))lications ,or the model
;a< =se the Application Config and Profile Config nodes ,rom the ob3ect )alette"
;b< Con,i(ure the Video Conferencing a))lication li+e as ,ollo-s usin( the a))lication
con,i(uration
o Clic+ the ri(ht button over the Application Config ob3ect$ and then clic+ on
!danced #dit !ttri$utes to o)en a -indo- -ith di,,erent attributes and
corres)ondin( values"
o Clic+ on the Application Definition attribute" Add a ro- and name as
vdo_app" Set the Video Conferencing item to ig! "esol#tion Video"
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Advanced Communication Lab OPNET Tutorial SS 2012
>e)lo* the a))lication *ou have (enerated usin( the )ro,ile con,i(uration and name
it vdo_pro"
o =nder Profile Config#rations in the a))lications list add a ro- and select the
name vdo_app ,rom the dro)?do-n menu"
o Select $tart %i&e Offset as No Offset"
o Select $tart %i&e o, the simulation as constant ;0< and +ee) the other items as
de,ault"
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12" Con,i(urin( some basic attributes o, the -or+stations
;a< Clic+ onto the ,i5ed station -ith the ri(ht mouse button and select !danced #dit
!ttri$utes"
;b< Set the ,ollo-in( values"
na&e' source
x position' 13
( position' 10
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;c< Clic+ onto the mobile station -ith the ri(ht mouse button and set the attributes as
,ollo-s"
na&e' destination
x position' 10
( position' 10
tra)ector(' NONE ;to ma+e it stationar*<
16" >e)lo*in( the )ro,iles in the -or+stations and con,i(urin(
;a< 0o to the attributes o, source
Set Application' Destination Preference and $#pported Profiles as ,ollo-s"
Set the ,ollo-in( -ireless LAN )arameters li+e in the ,i(ure belo-
P!(sical C!aracteristics,
Data "ate *bps+,
%rans&it power *,+,
Packet "eception-Power %!res!old *d.&+/
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;b< 0o to the attributes o, the node destination"
Set Application $#pported $ervices
Set the ,ollo-in( three .ireless LAN )arameters li+e in the ,i(ure belo-
P!(sical C!aracteristics
Data rate *bps+
%rans&it power *,+
Packet "eception0Power %!res!old *d.&+
17" Choose the statistics ,or the -or+stations
;a< 0o to %#S in the menu bar and clic+ on Choose Indiidual Statistics""""
;b< Clic+ Node $tatistics$ then .ireless LAN" Chec+ Dela( *sec+ and %!ro#g!p#t *bits1sec+
as ,ollo-s"
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18" @un the simulation
;a< 0o to %#S in the menu bar and clic+ on Con&i'ure()un %iscrete #ent Simulation"
;b< set the items %uration$ Seed etc" as sho-n in ,i(ure belo- and run
20" Collect the results
;a< &ee) the mouse )ointer over )ro3ect editor and clic+ the ri(ht button o, the mouse"
Choose *iew )esults in the )o)?u) menu"
;b< To (et the avera(e value ,or the dela* and the throu(h)ut$ select aera'e in the dro)
do-n menu -hich is set to !s Is b* de,ault"
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Advanced Communication Lab OPNET Tutorial SS 2012
;c< Clic+ on the show button and *ou -ill (et ,ollo-in( -indo-"
;d< &ee) the mouse )ointer over the -indo- but outside the area into -hich the (ra)h is
)lot and clic+ the ri(ht button o, the mouse" Choose $!ow $tatistic Data in the list and
the ,ollo-in( -indo- -ill a))ear"
;e< .rite do-n the sam)le mean and the standard deviation ,or the dela* and the
throu(h)ut" Aou can co)* and )aste the numeric values ,rom the -indo- b* mar+in(
them -ith the le,t mouse button and )astin( them into a te5t editor b* )ressin( the
middle mouse button"
21" !a+e the destination node mobile" 4or addin( mobilit* to the destination$ a tra3ector* has to
be created in the ,ollo-in( -a*
0o to +opolo'y in the menu bar and then select %e&ine +rajectory"
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Advanced Communication Lab OPNET Tutorial SS 2012
0ive the +rajectory name as mob"
Select +rajectory type as Fixed interval"
Set +ime step to 2 &/
Chec+ the bo5 Coordinates are relatie to o$ject,s position"
Then clic+ on %e&ine Path and the ,ollo-in( -indo- -ill a))ear"
4or Speed select &1s ,rom the dro)?do-n menu"
Clic+ -ith the le,t button on an* )lace in the -or+ )lace to )oint to the start o, the
tra3ector*$ then move the mouse to another )lace and clic+ the le,t button to )oint to
the end"
Clic+ the ri(ht button and select #dit trajectory de&inition"
A -indo- a))ears -hich must be ,illed out as sho-n belo- and con,irmed b*
clic+in( O-"
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22" No-$ select the destination and (o to !danced #dit !ttri$utes/ Select &ob ,or
trajectory"
23" @e?run the simulation as be,ore -ith simulation duration 1 minute"
2/" Bie- the results o, dela* and throu(h)ut ,or destination node" Clic+ on the show button and
*ou -ill (et the -indo- -ith the result (ra)hs"
21" 4or *our lab re)ort$ *ou need to ca)ture the (ra)h"
;a< O)en the ksnapshot )ro(ram in another Linu5 console"
;b< Select the Capture mode as .indow Under Cursor"
;c< Clic+ New Snapshot"
;d< Select the -indo- that sho-s the (ra)hs"
;e< Save as SimResult.jpg"
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