Throughput and delay evaluation framework integrating SDN and IEEE 802.11s WMN

Software defined Networks (SDN) is a paradigm that promises to facilitate the management of all types of networks, including the Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN). This integration enables an environment with enough resources and coverage to meet the demands of users, and thanks to a centralized network, resources can be managed in a better way. There are multiple simulators/emulators available, integrating SDN and WMN, but most of them do not have IEEE802.11s support. This paper proposes a framework that integrates NS-3, Open Vswitch, and Linux network namespaces, to create an environment that allows emulating IEEE802.11s SDN-WMN scenarios. The framework is used to evaluate the throughput and delay of a real-time streaming video application.