UML modelling of geographic routing protocol "Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing" for its integration into the "Java Network Simulator"

Abstract

In this work we propose an UML modeling of the "Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing" (GPSR) protocol that integrate this geographic routing protocol, into "JavaNetwork Simulator" to simulate and study this protocol in a first time and offer some improvement in these features. Java Network Simulator (JNS) is a project of "translation" of Network Simulator (NS) in Java initiated by "the UCL Department of Computer Science". This simulator is not as complete as ns-2, but it is much more accessible to programmers unfamiliar with Tcl. Java Network Simulator does not support so far, no routing protocol for vehicular ad hoc networks and all the routing decisions are made statically or using RIP and OSPF. By modeling and integrating the routing protocol GPSR to JNS, users will be able to understand the concept of the geographic routing and how the routing information is transmitted and updated between nodes in vehicular ad hoc network. The article first examines the architecture of the Java Network Simulator, then gives a brief review of the routing protocol GPSR and finally presents our UML modeling incorporating GPSR in the Java Network Simulator.