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>From Simulations to Testbeds - Architecture of the Hybrid MCG-Mesh Testbed
Mesut Günes, Alexander Zimmermann, Martin Wenig, Jan Ritzerfeld,
Ulrich Meis
AIB 2006-10
The study of wireless and mobile networks is mainly based on simulations.
According to recent publications 76% of the studies in this area are
based on simulations. Although simulation environments offer a convenient
combination of flexibility and controllability, their largest disadvantage
is that the results gained by using them are difficult to transfer into
reality. This is due to the complex environment of mobile and wireless
networks.
In this paper we introduce a hybrid testbed approach, which consists
of real mesh nodes and a virtualization environment. This combination
provides on the one hand a flexible development environment for
distributed network protocols and applications, and on the other hand a
high degree of realism. Therefore, it allows the design and evaluation
of large scale networks where the results are easily transferred to the
real world.