Article in Proceedings INPROC-2003-65

BibliographyStepanov, Illya; Hähner, Jörg; Becker, Christian; Tian, Jing; Rothermel, Kurt: A Meta-Model and Framework for User Mobility in Mobile Networks.
In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Networking 2003 (ICON 2003), Sydney, Australia, September 28 - October 1, 2003.
University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems).
pp. 231-238, english.
IEEE, September 2003.
ISBN: 0-7803-7788-5.
Article in Proceedings (Conference Paper).
CR-SchemaC.2.1 (Network Architecture and Design)
C.4 (Performance of Systems)
I.6.3 (Simulation and Modeling Applications)
Keywordssimulation; mobility modeling; user movement
Abstract

Mobility patterns play an important role for performance evaluations of mobile networks. To simulate user movement, existing simulation tools provide only a few simple mobility models (e.g., random movement) suitable for particular scenarios. To evaluate a new scenario, an appropriate model needs to be created, but this requires extra work that distracts the researcher from his/her main task. In general, three key elements determine the mobility of users: the spatial environment, the user trip sequences, and the user movement dynamics (e.g., speed). In this paper, we introduce a meta-model that integrates these three elements in an easy-to-use framework, allowing a flexible modeling of user mobility in custom scenarios. The framework is available for download as a stand-alone trace generator and may be used together with any simulation or emulation tool for mobile networks to evaluate a specific scenario.

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Contactillya.stepanov@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems
Project(s)SFB-627, B3 (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems)
NET, CANU
Entry dateJanuary 19, 2009