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Table 1 The comparisons of various network simulators

From: Study on using design patterns to implement a simulation system for WiMAX network

No.

Simulator

License

Language

Platform

Publications

1.

AKAROA [32]

Free for academic use

C++

Solaris 2/SunOS 4/Linux

1990~

2.

DIANEmu [33]

Free

Java

Based on JDK and Eclipse

1992~2002

3.

SSFNet [34]

Free for academic use

C++ and Java

Linux/Solaris/WinNT

1997~2003

4.

GloMoSim [35]

Open source

Parsec

Win/Linux/Solaris

1998~

5.

GTNetS [36]

Open source

C++

Linux/OSX/Solaris/Win

2003~2008

6.

J-Sim

Open source

Java/Jacl

Linux/Unix/Win

2004~2008

7.

JANE [37]

Free

Java

Based on JVM

2003~2007

8.

JiST/SWANS [38]

Free for academic use

Java

Based on JVM

2002~2005

9.

NAB

Open source

Object-Caml

Win/Linux/Unix/OSX for OCaml

2004

10.

NCTUns 6.0 [39]

Free

C/C++

Fedora 12

1999~2010

11.

NetSim [40]

Commercial free for academic use

C/C++/Java

Windows

2002~

12.

NS-2

Open source

C++/OTcl

Cross-platform

1996~

13.

NS-3

Open source

C++/Python

Windows/Unix/Linux

2006~

14.

OMNeT++

Free for academic use

C++

Cross-platform

1999~

15.

OPNET

Commercial free for academic use

C(C++)

Windows/Linux

1986

16.

P2P Realm [41]

Open source

Java

Based on JVM

2006

17.

QualNet

Commercial

Parsec

Cross-platform

2007~

18.

REAL [42]

Free

C

FreeBSD (for i386)

1997~

19.

Shunra VE [43]

Commercial

Hardware

Windows

1998~

20.

ShoX [44]

Open source

Java

Based on JVM & Eclipse

2008~

21.

SimPy [45]

Open source (MIT)

Python

Cross-platform

2002~

22.

TOTEM [46]

Open source (GPL)

C/C++

Linux

2003~2007