| Applicable Versions | NetSim Academic | NetSim Standard | NetSim Pro |
| Applicable Releases | v12 | v13 |
Max UDP throughput case
Consider the following network scenario:
To get maximum UDP throughput, the network/device parameters are to be configured for the as shown below,
For 802.11n device configuration is as follows:
Device Name | x-coordinate | y-coordinate |
Access Point_3 | 200 | 0 |
Wireless Node_4 | 200 | 30 |
Interface Parameters | |
Standard | IEEE802.11n |
No. of Packet aggregated | 64 |
Channel | 36 (5180MHz) |
Rate Adaptation | False |
Long RetryLimit | 4 |
Dot11_RTS Threshold | 3000bytes |
Buffer Size | 1MB |
Guard Interval | 400ns |
Bandwidth | 20,40MHz |
Frequency Band | 2.4/ 5GHz |
Transmitter Power | 100mW |
Antenna Gain | 0 |
Antenna height | 1m |
Reference distance (d0) | 1m |
Medium Access Protocol | DCF |
Transport Layer Parameters | |
TCP | Disable |
UDP | Enable |
Wireless Link Parameters | |
Channel Characteristics | Path Loss Only |
Path Loss Model | Log Distance |
Pathloss Exponent (η) | 2.5 |
Application Parameters | |
Application | CBR |
Packet Size | 1450 bytes |
Inter-Arrival Time | 11 μs (1000 Mbps Application Rate) |
Wired Link Parameters | |
Wired Link Speed | 1Gbps |
Wired Link BER | 0.0000001 |
Wired Link Propagation Delay | 10μs |
Simulation Parameters | |
Simulation Time | 10 seconds |
For 802.11ac, device configuration is as follows:
Device Name | x-coordinate | y-coordinate |
Access Point_3 | 200 | 0 |
Wireless Node_4 | 200 | 10 |
Interface Parameters | |
Standard | IEEE802.11ac |
No. of Packet aggregated | 64 |
Channel | 36 (5180MHz) |
Rate Adaptation | False |
Long RetryLimit | 4 |
Dot11_RTS Threshold | 3000bytes |
Buffer Size | 1MB |
Guard Interval | 400ns |
Bandwidth | 20,40,80,160MHz |
Frequency Band | 5GHz |
Transmitter Power | 100mW |
Antenna Gain | 0 |
Antenna height | 1m |
Reference distance (d0) | 1m |
Medium Access Protocol | DCF |
Transport Layer Parameters | |
TCP | Disable |
UDP | Enable |
Wireless Link Parameters | |
Channel Characteristics | Path Loss Only |
Path Loss Model | Log Distance |
Pathloss Exponent (η) | 2.5 |
Application Parameters | |
Application | CBR |
Packet Size | 1450 bytes |
Inter-Arrival Time | 11.6,5.8,2,1 μs (1000,2000,5800,11600 Mbps Application Rates) |
Wired Link Parameters | |
Wired Link Speed | 1Gbps for 20MHz bandwidth & 10Gbps for 40,80,160MHz bandwidths |
Wired Link BER | 0.0000001 |
Wired Link Propagation Delay | 10μs |
Simulation Parameters | |
Simulation Time | 10 seconds |
Results:
Standard | Frequency Band (GHz) | PHY Rate (Mbps) | Bandwidth (MHz) | Antenna Count | Packets Aggregated | Throughput (Mbps) |
802.11 n | 2.4 | 288.9 | 20 | 4*4 | 64 | 236.78 |
| 5 | 600 | 40 | 4*4 | 64 | 451.78 |
802.11 ac | 5 | 693.3 | 20 | 8*8 | 64 | 494.78 |
| 5 | 1600 | 40 | 8*8 | 64 | 876.16 |
| 5 | 3466.7 | 80 | 8*8 | 64 | 1269.95 |
| 5 | 6933.3 | 160 | 8*8 | 64 | 1613.78 |
Max TCP throughput case
Consider the following network scenario:
To get maximum TCP throughput, the network/device parameters are to be configured for the as shown below,
For 802.11n device configuration is as follows:
Device Name | x-coordinate | y-coordinate |
Access Point_3 | 200 | 0 |
Wireless Node_4 | 200 | 30 |
Interface Parameters | |
Standard | IEEE802.11n |
No. of Packet aggregated | 64 |
Channel | 36 (5180MHz) |
Rate Adaptation | False |
Long RetryLimit | 4 |
Dot11_RTS Threshold | 3000bytes |
Buffer Size | 1MB |
Guard Interval | 400ns |
Bandwidth | 20MHz |
Frequency Band | 2.4/ 5GHz |
Transmitter Power | 100mW |
Antenna Gain | 0 |
Antenna height | 1m |
Reference distance (d0) | 1m |
Medium Access Protocol | DCF |
Transport Layer Parameters | |
TCP | Enable |
UDP | Disable |
Wireless Link Parameters | |
Channel Characteristics | Path Loss Only |
Path Loss Model | Log Distance |
Pathloss Exponent (η) | 2.5 |
Application Parameters | |
Application | CBR |
Packet Size | 1450 bytes |
Inter-Arrival Time | 11.6 μs (1000 Mbps Application Rate) |
Wired Link Parameters | |
Wired Link Speed | 1Gbps |
Wired Link BER | 0 |
Wired Link Propagation Delay | 0μs |
Simulation Parameters | |
Simulation Time | 10 seconds |
For 802.11ac device configuration is as follows:
Device Name | x-coordinate | y-coordinate |
Access Point_3 | 200 | 0 |
Wireless Node_4 | 200 | 10 |
Interface Parameters | |
Standard | IEEE802.11ac |
No. of Packet aggregated | 64 |
Channel | 36 (5180MHz) |
Rate Adaptation | False |
Long Retry Limit | 4 |
Dott11_RTS Threshold | 3000bytes |
Buffer Size | 1MB |
Guard Interval | 400ns |
Bandwidth | 20,40,80,160MHz |
Frequency Band | 5GHz |
Transmitter Power | 100mW |
Antenna Gain | 0 |
Antenna height | 1m |
Reference distance (d0) | 1m |
Medium Access Protocol | DCF |
Transport Layer Parameters | |
TCP | Enable |
UDP | Disable |
Wireless Link Parameters | |
Channel Characteristics | No Path Loss |
Application Parameters | |
Application | CBR |
Packet Size | 1450 bytes |
Inter-Arrival Time | 11.6,5.8,2,1 μs (1000,2000,5800,11600 Mbps Application Rates) |
Wired Link Parameters | |
Wired Link Speed | 1Gbps for 20MHz bandwidth & 10Gbps for 40,80,160MHz bandwidths |
Wired Link BER | 0 |
Wired Link Propagation Delay | 0 |
Simulation Parameters | |
Simulation Time | 10 seconds |
Results:
Standard | Frequency Band (GHz) | PHY Rate (Mbps) | Bandwidth (MHz) | Antenna Count | Packets Aggregated | Transport protocol | Throughput (Mbps) |
802.11 n | 2.4 | 288.9 | 20 | 4*4 | 64 | TCP | 147.24 |
| 5 | 600 | 40 | 4*4 | 64 | TCP | 238.03 |
802.11 ac | 5 | 693.3 | 20 | 8*8 | 64 | TCP | 238.77 |
| 5 | 1600 | 40 | 8*8 | 64 | TCP | 390.94 |
| 5 | 3466.7 | 80 | 8*8 | 64 | TCP | 416.81 |
| 5 | 6933.3 | 160 | 8*8 | 64 | TCP | 452.30 |