Can we simulate RFID Networks in ns-3?

[Muhammad Ikram]

Dear All,

I want to simulate secuirty overhead and effect of authentication protocols RFID networks in ns-3 but am new to network simulators. Can we simulate RFID network in ns-3? If yes then how to choose the physical characteristics of RFID networks?

Thanks

Ikram

[francesco]

As far as I know, there is no direct support for RFID in ns-3.

[Muhammad Ikram]

Hi all and particularly francesco,

:(, what other simulator(s) can I use? Can I use ns-2 or qualnet? I am not concern with the physical layer of RFID networks. So, is it logical to use MAC layer IEEE 802.11 for simulating RFID networks? 

Kindly help me and providing a drift in my research.

Regards,

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:43 PM, francesco <francesco....@gmail.com> wrote:

As far as I know, there is no direct support for RFID in ns-3.

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[francesco]

I feel you should ask this your professor/supervisor/whatever, but if
a student asked this to me, I would answer NO: RFID and IEEE 802.11
PHY and MAC layers are way too different.
If you feel like implementing RFID on your own, look at
http://www.nsnam.org/doxygen/net-device.html