Using virtualization to study mobile multihop networks

Abstract

In this article, we introduce VIRMANEL a tool we developed to establish an environment for the study of multihop mobile networks. VIRMANEL is a tool that manages virtual machines corresponding to mobile nodes, emulates their movements and the resulting disconnections. It features a GUI to observe the behavior of mobile nodes. Nodes mobility is specified using SILUMOD, a domain-specific language that allows, through a set of dedicated.