MEC-simulator

an ETSI-MEC compliant ns-3 module

1. Project Overview

Network simulator 3 (ns-3) is a popular open source network simulator, which supports multiple network scenarios, such as LTE.

In order to explore the performance of Multi-Access Edge Computing, ns-3 MEC-simulator module is required. MEC-simulator implements entities (e.g., base stations, MEC Hosts, etc.), interactions, and functionalities (e.g., orchestration of MEC resources, distribution of tasks, etc.) standardized in the context of ETSI-MEC, while supporting multi-cell scenarios with mobile users and different user load generator models.

2. Prerequisites

The prerequisite of our project is:

ns-3.31

The official download url of ns-3.31 is https://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3-31/.

We only test our project on:

Ubuntu 20.04

3. Build and Installation

After the installation of ns-3.31, replace

./<Your workplace>/ns-3-allinone/ns-3.31/contrib

with the folder "contrib" we offered. Then, extract radio_delay.zip:

cd ./<Your workplace>/ns-3-allinone/ns-3.31/contrib/mec-sim/model
unzip radio_delay.zip
rm radio_delay.zip

Once the source code has been successfully downloaded, you need to re-build ns-3

./waf configure --build-profile=debug --enable-examples --enable-tests
./waf clean
./waf

4. Getting Started

We offer an example script to explore the perfomance of MEC-simulator in a MEC-enabled industrial environment, where Unmanned Aircraft System, Automated Guided Vehicle, Industrial Internet of Things, and mixed reality devices jointly exploit computational capabilities deployed at the network edge. To run a simple simulation, you can use the following command:

./waf --run mec-sim_scenario1

5. Contributors

Nicholas Mirizzi - nicholas.mirizzi@poliba.it
Simona Massari - simona.massari@poliba.it
Giuseppe Piro - giuseppe.piro@poliba.it

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