Simu5G NED Reference¶

Simu5G-1.8.0

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.