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Real-Time-Shift: Pseudo-Real-Time Event Scheduling for the Split-Protocol-Stack Radio-in-the-Loop Emulation

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Sebastian Boehm,

Hartmut KoenigAuthors Info & Claims

MSWiM '22: Proceedings of the 25th International ACM Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems

Pages 47 - 54

https://doi.org/10.1145/3551659.3559057

Published: 24 October 2022 Publication History

Abstract

The incorporation of real radio hardware and physical emulated radio links into higher layer network and protocol simulation studies has been a largely untouched area of research so far. The Split-Protocol-Stack Radio-in-the-Loop emulation combines pure discrete-event protocol simulation with a hardware-based radio link emulation. Since the basic techniques involve contrary time concepts, event communication between the two domains requires a rethink of scheduling and synchronization. With the Real-Time-Shift conservative synchronization and time compensation scheme, the simulator is decoupled from real-time constraints and limitations by introducing predetermined pause times for event execution. In this paper, we present the core synchronization and event scheduling approach allowing for scalable pseudo-real-time simulations with radio hardware in the loop. This enables discrete-event simulations for wireless host systems and networks with link-level emulation accuracy, accompanied by an overall high modeling flexibility.

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Index Terms

Real-Time-Shift: Pseudo-Real-Time Event Scheduling for the Split-Protocol-Stack Radio-in-the-Loop Emulation
1. Networks
  1. Network performance evaluation
    1. Network experimentation
    2. Network simulations
  2. Network properties
    1. Network reliability

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https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3418675
Böhm SKönig H(2024)Radio-in-the-Loop simulation and emulation modeling for energy-efficient and cognitive Internet of Things in smart citiesComputer Communications10.1016/j.comcom.2024.02.006218:C(157-165)Online publication date: 2-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.comcom.2024.02.006
Boehm SKoenig H(2023)Radio-in-the-Loop Simulation Modeling for Energy-Efficient and Cognitive IoT in Smart Cities: A Cross-Layer Optimization Case Study2023 18th Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services Conference (WONS)10.23919/WONS57325.2023.10062069(126-133)Online publication date: 30-Jan-2023
https://doi.org/10.23919/WONS57325.2023.10062069
Böhm SKönig H(2023)Real-Time-ShiftComputer Communications10.1016/j.comcom.2023.07.013209:C(273-282)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.comcom.2023.07.013

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