MATLAB/Simulink
ABSTRACT
Simulators are popular in nearly every eld of engineering, like vehicle dynam-
ics, network communication, and electronics, only to mention some. When it comes to
simulate the behavior. of an intelligent transportation system (ITS), these elds suddenly
overlap which calls for a combined simulation environment, where vehicular motion to-
gether with sensing, electronics and communication need to be simulated. Due to the fact
that a future ITS most likely uses wireless communication, this communication becomes
the backbone of the ITS.
This work is dedicated to modifying the structure of ns-3 network simulator in
order to enable interactions with simulator of dynamic models MATLAB/Simulink. We
integrated two simulators using sockets, by establishing a bidirectional communications
between the two. To this end, the major functionality of the integrated simulation envi-
ronment is implemented. The thesis describes integration principles as well as presents
the details of the implementation. The thesis also identi es the need for scalability
optimization and further extensive testing of the concept.
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PREFACE
This work has been carried out between March 2010 and June 2010 at Lulea
University of Technology in Lulea (Sweden).
I would like to thank the people at Communication Networks Research Group
for helping me with this master thesis. Special thanks to my supervisor, Evgeny Osipov,
for helping me all the way, and for sharing his knowledge.
A special thank you goes to all my friends, from Lulea and from Russia, for
cheering me up during the bad moments.
And last, but not least, an enormous thank to my family for giving me the chance
to study and develop my Master Thesis in Lulea.
Dmitry Kachan