Simu5G-1.7.0

NED Documentation

Simu5G is an open-source simulation library for the OMNeT++ simulation environment that extends the INET Framework with advanced 5G and LTE modeling capabilities. It provides comprehensive models for researchers and students working with 5G New Radio (NR), LTE-Advanced, and beyond-5G communication systems. Simu5G is particularly useful for designing and validating new 5G protocols, exploring advanced wireless scenarios, and evaluating the performance of cellular networks.

Simu5G supports a wide range of 5G and LTE features, including:

5G New Radio (NR): Complete protocol stack with support for mmWave communications, numerology, dual connectivity, and carrier aggregation
LTE/LTE-Advanced: Full LTE protocol stack with advanced features like D2D communication, multicast, multihop, and handover procedures
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC): ETSI MEC standard implementation with service discovery, lifecycle management, and edge applications
Vehicular Communications: V2X scenarios with realistic mobility and channel models for connected and autonomous vehicles
Real-time Emulation: Interface with real network equipment and applications for hybrid simulation-emulation scenarios
Advanced Channel Models: Realistic propagation models including 3GPP-compliant channel models and mmWave-specific features
Background Traffic: Scalable background cell and UE modeling for large-scale network simulations

Simu5G builds upon the solid foundation of the INET Framework, inheriting its networking protocols (TCP, UDP, IPv4, IPv6, etc.) and extending them with cellular-specific functionality. The framework supports node mobility, advanced visualization through OMNeT++, and comprehensive statistics collection for performance analysis.

Starting points for browsing:

eNodeB and gNodeB -- the LTE and 5G NR base stations
LteUe and NrUe -- the LTE and 5G NR user equipment
LteCar and NrCar -- UE variants with vehicular mobility
LteNicUe, LteNicEnb, NrNicUe and NrNicEnb -- the cellular network interfaces that carry the protocol stack of those nodes
Upf and PgwStandard -- the core network nodes: the 5G Core User Plane Function, and the PDN Gateway of a 4G EPC
BearerConfigurator -- the central configurator of the network's data radio bearers and of its QoS-flow classification rules
MecHost -- the ETSI MEC host that runs MEC applications and services
BackgroundCell -- lightweight cell model that creates inter-cell interference without simulating the traffic behind it
SingleCell and MultiCell (LTE), and SingleCell_Standalone and MultiCell_Standalone (5G) -- selected networks used in example simulations

See the WHATSNEW file in the distribution for the list of recent changes and new features.