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QualNet Model Specifications

Library of Models are built to meet the latest standards and specifications.

Application Layer

Acronym	Model	Specification
CBR	Constant Bit Rate
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
HTTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol
Lookup
MCBR	Multicast Constant Bit Rate
TCPLIB	TCP/IP Traffic Characteristics LIBrary
Traffic-GEN
Traffic-TRACE
VBR	Variable Bit Rate
VoIP	Voice over Internet Protocol
VoIP: H225
VoIP: H323
VoIP: SIP	Session Initiation Protocol	RFC-3261, RFC-2543, RFC-2327
VoIP: RTP	Real-time Protocol	RFC-3550, RFC-3551
VoIP: RTCP	Real Time Control Protocol	RFC-3550, RFC-3551

Quality of Service

Acronym	Model	Specification
DiffServ traffic classifier		RFC-2474, RFC-2475, RFC-2597, RFC-2598, RFC-2697, RFC-2698, RFC-2836, Internet Draft: diffserv-2836bis-01, Internet Draft: diffserv-mib-10
DiffServ traffic classifier		Internet Draft: diffserv-model-06
PHBs	Per Hop Behaviors
QOSPF	Quality Of Service extensions to Open Shortest Path First	RFC-2676, RFC-2328
RED	Random Early Detection
SCFQ	Self Clocked Fair Queuing
WFQ	Weighted Fair Queuing

Transport Layer

Acronym	Model	Specification
ECN	Explicit Congestion Notification	RFC-2481
TCP		RFC-2001, RFC-2018, RFC-2481, RFC-2582, RFC-2884, RFC-793
TCP Variants: Lite
TCP Variants: NewReno
TCP Variants: Reno
TCP Variants: SACK	Selective ACKnowledgement
TCP Variants: Tahoe
UDP	User Datagram Protocol	RFC-768

Acronym	Model	Specification
IPv4	Internet Protocol version 4	RFC-791
IPv6	Internet Protocol version 6	RFC-2460, RFC-2461
Dual IP	Dual IPv4 and IPv6 stacks	RFC-2185, RFC-3056, RFC-4213
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol	RFC-826, RFC-1122
IPSec	IP security	RFC-2401, RFC-2406, RFC-2403, RFC-2404, RFC-2405, RFC-2805
IPSec ISAKMP	Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol	RFC-2407, RFC-2408

Multicast

Acronym	Model	Specification
DVMRP	Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
MOSPF	Multicast Extensions to Open Shortest Path First	RFC-1584
ODMRP	On-Demand Multicast Routing Protocol	Internet Draft: MANET-ODMRP-02, 04
ODMRP	On-Demand Multicast Routing Protocol	Internet Draft: MANET-PC
PIM-DM	Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode	Internet Draft: PIM-v2-DM-03
Static Multicast

Queueing

Acronym	Model	Specification
FIFO	First-In First-Out
RED	Random Early Detection
RIO	RED for Input Output
WRED	Weighted Random Early Detection

Scheduling

Acronym	Model	Specification
CBQ	Class-Based Queuing
Round Robin		Cisco Public Documentation
SCFQ	Self Clocked Fair Queueing
Strict Priority		Cisco Public Documentation
WFQ	Weighted Fair Queuing
WRR	Weighted Round Robin	Cisco Public Documentation

Routing

Acronym	Model	Specification
Access List: standard, extended and reflexive		Cisco Public Documentation
AODV	Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector	RFC-3561
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol	RFC-1772, RFC-2545, RFC-2858
BRP	Bordercast Resolution Protocol	Internet Draft: MANET-ZONE-BRP-02
Distributed Bellman-Ford
DSR	Dynamic Source Routing	Internet Draft: MANET-DSR-07
DYMO	Dynamic MANET On-demand Routing	Internet Draft: MANET-DSR-09
		Internet Draft: MANET-PacketBB-03
		Internet Draft: MANET-NHDP-04
EIGRP	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol	Cisco Public Documentation
Fisheye	Fisheye Routing Protocol	Internet Draft: MANET-FSR-03
HSRP	Hot Standby Router Protocol
IARP	IntrAzone Routing Protocol	Internet Draft: MANET-ZONE-IARP-01
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol	RFC-792
IERP	IntErzone Routing Protocol	Internet Draft: MANET-ZONE-IERP-02
IGMP	Interior Gateway Routing Protocol	RFC-1112, RFC-2236
IGRP	Interior Gateway Routing Protocol	Cisco Public Documentation
LANMAR	Landmark Ad hoc networks	Internet Draft: MANET-LANMAR-04
LAR	Location Aided Routing
OLSR	Optimized Link State Routing, port of INRIA's Linux implementation	RFC-3626
OLSRv2	Optimized Link State Routing version 2	Internet Draft: MANET-OLSRv2-02
		Internet Draft: MANET-PacketBB-02
		Internet Draft: MANET-NHDP-02
OSPFv2	Open Shortest Path First Version 2	RFC-2328
OSPFv3	Open Shortest Path First Version 3	RFC-2740
PBR	Policy Based Routing	Cisco Public Documentation
RIPv1	Routing Information Protocol Version 1	RFC-1058, RFC-2453
RIPv2	Routing Information Protocol Version 2	RFC-1058, RFC-2453
RIPng	Routing Information Protocol Next Generation	RFC-2080
STAR	Source Tree Adaptive Routing
Static Routing
ZRP	Zone Routing Protocol	Internet Draft: MANET-zone-zrp-04
		Internet Draft: MANET-zone-ierp-02
		Internet Draft: MANET-zone-iarp-01
		Internet Draft: MANET-zone-brp-02

MAC Layer

Acronym	Model	Specification
802.3 / Wired Bus		IEEE standard 802.3
Abstract Switch
Aloha
CSMA	Carrier Sense Multiple Access
Detailed Switch
Detailed Switch: GARP	Generic Attribute Registration Protocol	IEEE standard 802.1d IEEE standard 802.1q
Detailed Switch: GVRP	GARP VLAN Registration Protocol	IEEE standard 802.1d IEEE standard 802.1q
Detailed Switch: VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network	IEEE standard 802.1d IEEE standard 802.1t, IEEE standard 802.1w, IEEE draft P802.1y/d2, IEEE standard 802.1q, IEEE standard 802.1u
Detailed Switch: Spanning Tree		IEEE standard 802.1v
IEEE 802.11b DCF	802.11b Standard for Distributed Coordination Function	IEEE standard 802.11
IEEE 802.11b PCF	802.11b Standard for Point Coordination Function	IEEE standard 802.11
IEEE 802.11e EDCA	802.11e Standard for Enhanced Distributed Channel Access	IEEE standard 802.11e
IEEE 802.11e HCCA	IEEE 802.11e Standard for HCF Controlled Channel Acces	IEEE standard 802.11e / D13.0
IEEE 802.11s	802.11 Amendment for ESS Mesh Networking	IEEE draft P802.11s/D1.00
IEEE 802.15.4 MAC	IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) MAC	IEEE Standard 802.15.4 - 2006
IEEE 802.16(e) MAC	IEEE 802.16(e) MAC	IEEE Standard 802.16 – 2004, IEEE Standard 802.16e – 2005
LLC	Logical Link Control	IEEE Standard 802.2
MACA	Multiple Access Collision Avoidance
TDMA	Time Division Multiple Access

MPLS

Acronym	Model	Specification
802.3 / Wired Bus		IEEE standard 802.3
MPLS	Multi-Protocol Label Switching	RFC-3031, RFC-3469, RFC-3032, RFC-4023
LDP	Label Distribution Protocol	RFC-3036
RSVP/TE	Resource Reservation Protocol with Traffic Engineering extensions	RFC-2205, RFC-2210,
RSVP/TE		Internet Draft:MPLS-RSVP-LSP-tunnel-08

PHY/Radio

Acronym	Model	Specification
Abstract Satellite
Abstract Radio
Battery Model	Battery Model
Energy Model	Radio Energy Model
IEEE 802.11a	IEEE 802.11a PHY	IEEE standard 802.11a
IEEE 802.11 DSSS PHY	802.11 PHY Standard for Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum	IEEE standard 802.11
IEEE 802.11b	IEEE 802.11b PHY	IEEE standard 802.11b
IEEE IEEE 802.15.4 PHY	IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) PHY	IEEE Standard 802.15.4 – 2006
IEEE 802.16(e) PHY	IEEE 802.16(e) OFDMA PHY	IEEE standard 802.16 – 2004, IEEE Standard 802.16e - 2005
Point-to-point link
Switched Ethernet	Abstract switch model

Antenna

Acronym	Model	Specification
Omnidirectional
Steerable beam
Switched beam

Path Loss

Acronym	Model	Specification
ITM	Irregular Terrain Model (Longley-Rice)
Free Space
Path Loss Matrix
2-Ray

Shadowing

Acronym	Model	Specification
Constant		Constant Shadowing
Log-normal		Shadowing

Fading

Acronym	Model	Specification
Rayleigh
Ricean

Modulation

Acronym	Model	Specification
BPSK	Binary Phase Shift Keying
DPSK	Differential Phase Shift Keying
DQPSK	Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
GMSK	Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
Turbo Coding / FEC	Forward Error Correction

Terrain

Acronym	Model	Specification
DEM	Digital Elevation Model
DTED	Digital Terrain Elevation Data
TIREM	The Terrain-Integrated Rough-Earth Model

Mobility

Acronym	Model	Specification
Group Mobility
Random waypoint
Trace-based Mobility

Vendor Devices

Acronym	Model	Specification
Cisco
Juniper

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