Title
A NS-3-based Cloud Wireless Network's Emulator for Undergraduate Teaching
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic limited the availability of in-classroom laboratory experiences with physical wireless equipment. Existing simulation tools, while adequate for performance analysis as required for research, fail to provide the real-world feeling and user interface of a physical equipment. Due to this lack of realism, they do not fulfill the educational objectives of undergraduate courses. Indeed, under a competencies-based curricula, it is expected that a student interacts with the equipment, configures it, run her experiments, evaluates the results, decides in any changes, and then implements and validates them. This paper reports our development of a cloud-based wireless network emulator that intends to give the students the same user experience as the one obtained with our testbed of (physical) Wireless Access Points running OpenWRT. We also discuss students' experiences using our emulator on a Wireless Networking undergrad course in the second half of 2020.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de sistemas y comunicaciones
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85132278251
ISBN
9781665483360
Resource of which it is part
EDUNINE 2022 - 6th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: Rethinking Engineering Education After COVID-19: A Path to the New Normal, Proceedings
ISBN of the container
978-166548336-0
Conference
6th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference, EDUNINE 2022
Sources of information:
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