Authors:
Vincenzo Inzillo
1
;
Floriano De Rango
1
and
Alfonso Ariza Quintana
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Calabria, Italy
;
2
University of Malaga, Italy
Keyword(s):
Smart Antenna Systems, Switched Beam, Phased Array, Omnet++, Inet, IEEE 802.11.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Application Domains
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Instruments and Devices
;
Computer Simulation Techniques
;
Discrete-Event Simulation
;
Formal Methods
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
;
Telecommunication Systems and Networks
;
Wireless Systems
Abstract:
Smart Antenna Systems (SAS) are providing a strong increasing impact in digital wireless communication
systems. Due to their great advantages regarding nodes power saving and coverage enhancing, SAS are
largely employed on pervasive network environments such as MANET. Because almost the whole of existing
network simulators use omnidirectional antennas on nodes, we propose a new version of Inet framework
of Omnet++ that extends its operation also for network scenarios in which nodes are equipped with directional
antennas. Furthermore, we created a new directional antenna module that simulates the behaviour of a
Phased Array System and a very simple algorithm for power management in channel. The new proposed
model presents some modifications to key-modules that are involved in a normal wireless communication
scenario, in order to support asymmetrical communications between nodes.