# Moving Ad Hoc Networks--A Comparative Study
## 8 Simulation Tools for Ad Hoc Network
The SIMITS simulator tool is a software communication in the field of the intelligent transport system (IST), allowing us to measure the performance of different MAC and change their parameters. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Simulator** & **Open-Source** & **Free** & **Language** & **Features** & **Website** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{OMNET++} & \multirow{4}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{4}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{4}{*}{NED/C++} & Wired, Wireless ad hoc, routing traffic & \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & in the network, easy debugging, & \\  & & & and traceability of simulation models, & & (accessed on 3 December \\  & & & & turn off the graphical user interface & 2020) \\  & & & & altogether, and run the simulation as a & \\  & & & & pure command-line program & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{NS-2} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{OTCL/C++} & Wired, TCP, wireless ad hoc, AODV, & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & DSR, DSDV, satellite, UDP & & (accessed on 17 December 2020) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{NS-3} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{C++/Python} & IP and Non-IP based network Wired, Wireless ad hoc, OSLR, WSN, IPv6, AODV, DSR, IPv4, DSDV & & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{GloMoSim} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{C/PABSEC} & Wireless, WSN, ad hoc, distributed & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & Bellman-Ford, Flooding, Fisheye, DSR, DSDV, WRP, LAR, NS-DSD, & & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & DREAM, MMWN & & (accessed on 8 January 2021) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{OPNET} & \multirow{2}{*}{No} & \multirow{2}{*}{No} & \multirow{2}{*}{C++} & Wireless ad hoc, Cellular, WLAN, Satellite, IPv6, TCP, VoIP, OSPE, grid computing, ad hoc networks & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{SUMO} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{C++} & Wired, wireless ad hoc, Vehicle speed, & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & Vehicle insertion, Vehicle permissions & \\  & & & & (access restrictions), Intersection & \\  & & & & dynamics, Randomness, Routing and & \\  & & & & Re-routing, Sublane Model, Opposite & 21 February 2021 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{QualNet} & \multirow{4}{*}{No} & \multirow{4}{*}{No} & \multirow{4}{*}{PABSEC} & MANET, Wired, Cellular, Satellite, & \multirow{4}{*}{\
\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & Models in parallel environments can & \\  & & & & improve speed and scalability, & \\  & & & & support multiple parallel computing & \\  & & & & environments, the protocol model is & \\  & & & & pre-optimized, Designed from the & \\  & & & & beginning as a tool with parallel & \\  & & & & & processing capabilities. & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{SIMITS} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes} & \multirow{2}{*}{C\#} & Communications simulator in the & \multirow{4}{*}{
\begin{tabular}{} \end{tabular} } \\  & & & & & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & Systems (ITS). It can simulate and \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & measure the performance of different & \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & medium access control mechanisms & 25 March 2021 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & (MAC), including the following: & \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & Slotted aloha, RR-Aloha & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 11: Simulation tools for ad hoc networks.