\item \textbf{IoT-LAB:}
IoT-LAB testbed~\cite{ref184,ref185} supplies a very large scale infrastructure service appropriate for evaluating wireless sensor devices and heterogeneous communicating objects. IoT-LAB includes more than 2700 wireless sensor nodes deployed in six different regions in France. Different kinds of wireless sensor nodes are available, with different processor architectures (MSP430, STM32, and Cortex-A8) and different wireless chips (802.15.4 PHY @ 800 MHz or 2.4 GHz). Sensor nodes are either mobile or fixed and can be used in different topologies throughout all the regions.
-IoT-LAB provides web-based reservation and tools for protocols and applications development, along with direct command-line access to the platform. Wireless sensor nodes firmware can be constructed from source and deployed on reserved nodes, application activity can be controlled and observed, power consumption or radio interference can be measured using the offered tools. IoT-LAB is a part of the FIT experimental platform, a set of supplementary elements that enable experimentation with innovative services for academic and industrial users.
+IoT-LAB provides web-based reservation and tools for protocols and applications development, along with direct command-line access to the platform. Wireless sensor nodes firmware can be constructed from source and deployed on reserved nodes, application activity can be controlled and observed, power consumption or radio interference can be measured using the offered tools. IoT-LAB is a part of the FIT (Future Internet of the Things) experimental platform, a set of supplementary elements that enable experimentation with innovative services for academic and industrial users.
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\item \textbf{NS2:}
-The Network Simulator-2 (ns-2)~\cite{ref191,ref192} is an open source, discrete event, network simulator. The major goal of ns-2 is to provide a simulation environment for wired as well as wireless networks to simulate different protocols with different network topologies. ns-2 is constructed using C++ and the simulation interface is provided via OTcl, an object-oriented dialect of Tcl. The network topology is determined by the users by writing OTcl scripts, and then the main program of ns-2 simulates this topology with fixed parameters. ns-2 provides a graphical view of the network by using network animator (NAM). NAM interface includes control features that allow researchers to forward, pause, stop, and control the simulation. ns-2 is the most common and widely used network simulator for scientific research work.
+The Network Simulator-2 (ns-2)~\cite{ref191,ref192} is an open source, discrete event, network simulator. The major goal of ns-2 is to provide a simulation environment for wired as well as wireless networks to simulate different protocols with different network topologies. ns-2 is constructed using C++ and the simulation interface is provided via OTcl, an object-oriented dialect of Tcl. The network topology is determined by the users by writing OTcl scripts, and then the main program of ns-2 simulates this topology with fixed parameters. ns-2 provides a graphical view of the network by using network animator (Nam). Nam interface includes control features that allow researchers to forward, pause, stop, and control the simulation. ns-2 is the most common and widely used network simulator for scientific research work.
The next version, ns-3, is considered as a new simulator and a final replacement of ns-2, not a simple extension~\cite{ref194}. The ns-3 project~\cite{ref193} was started in mid-2006 and is still under intensive development. Like ns-2, ns-3 is an open source, discrete-event network simulator targeted essentially for research and educational use~\cite{ref195}. ns-3 supports both simulation and emulation using sockets. It also provides a tracing facility to help users in debugging.
\item \textbf{OMNeT++:}
-OMNeT++ (Objective Modular Network Testbed) is an open-source, free, discrete-event, component-based C++ simulation library, modular simulation framework for building network simulators~\cite{ref158,ref203}. Even if OMNeT++ is not a network simulator itself, it is very popular as a network simulation platform for both scientific and industrial communities. The major goal behind the development of OMNeT++ is to provide a strong simulation tool, which can be used by the academic and commercial researchers for simulating different types of networks in a distributed and parallel way~\cite{ref197}. OMNeT++ has an extensive graphical user interface (GUI) and intelligence support. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS~X, and other Unix-like systems, and provides a component architecture for models. Components (modules) are first programmed in C++, then assembled into larger components and models using a high-level language (NED)~\cite{ref198}. Several simulation frameworks can be used with OMNeT++ such as INET, INETMANET, MiXiM, and Castalia, where each of them provides a set of simulation facilities (modelity and soon) and can be used for specific applications.
+OMNeT++ (Objective Modular Network Testbed) is an open-source, free, discrete-event, component-based C++ simulation library, modular simulation framework for building network simulators~\cite{ref158,ref203}. Even if OMNeT++ is not a network simulator itself, it is very popular as a network simulation platform for both scientific and industrial communities. The major goal behind the development of OMNeT++ is to provide a strong simulation tool, which can be used by the academic and commercial researchers for simulating different types of networks in a distributed and parallel way~\cite{ref197}. OMNeT++ has an extensive Graphical User Interface (GUI) and intelligence support. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS~X, and other Unix-like systems, and provides a component architecture for models. Components (modules) are first programmed in C++, then assembled into larger components and models using a high-level language (NED)~\cite{ref198}. Several simulation frameworks can be used with OMNeT++ such as INET, INETMANET, MiXiM, and Castalia, where each of them provides a set of simulation facilities (modelity and soon) and can be used for specific applications.
\item \textbf{OPNET:}
-OPNET (Optimized Network Engineering tool)~\cite{ref192,ref200,ref201} is the first commercial simulation tool developed in 1987 for communication networks. It is a discrete event, object-oriented, general purpose network simulator, which is widely used in industry. It uses C and Java languages. It provides a comprehensive development environment for the specification, simulation, configuration, and performance analysis of the communication network. OPNET allows researchers to develop various models by means of a graphical interface. It provides different types of tools such as Probe Editor, Filter Tool, and Animation Viewer for data collection to model graph and animate the resulting output. Unlike ns-2, OPNET provides modeling for different sensor-specific hardware, such as physical-link transceivers and antennas. It includes sensor-specific models such as ad-hoc connectivity, mobility of nodes, node failure models, modeling of power-consumption, etc. OPNET is, a commercial simulator and the license is very expensive. This represents the main disadvantage of that simulator.
+OPNET (Optimized Network Engineering tool)~\cite{ref192,ref200,ref201} is the first commercial simulation tool developed in 1987 for communication networks. It is a discrete event, object-oriented, general purpose network simulator, which is widely used in industry. It uses C and Java languages. It provides a comprehensive development environment for the specification, simulation, configuration, and performance analysis of the communication network. OPNET allows researchers to develop various models by means of a graphical interface. It provides different types of tools such as Probe Editor, Filter Tool, and Animation Viewer for data collection to model graph and animate the resulting output. Unlike ns-2, OPNET provides modeling for different sensor-specific hardware, such as physical-link transceivers and antennas. It includes sensor-specific models such as ad-hoc connectivity, mobility of nodes, node failure models, modeling of power-consumption, etc. OPNET is, a commercial simulator and the license is very expensive. This represents the main disadvantage of that simulator.
-\item \textbf{GloMoSim:}
+\item \textbf{GloMoSim:}
GloMoSim (Global Mobile System Simulator)~\cite{ref202,ref204,ref205} is an open source, well-documented source code and scalable simulation environment developed in 1998 for mobile wireless networks. It uses a library called Parsec, which is an extension of C for parallel programming. The main feature of GloMoSim simulator is the parallel environment. A parallel network simulation is hard due to the communication among the simulated nodes on different machines. Several types of protocols and models are found in GloMoSim including TCP,
IEEE 802.11 CSMA/CA, MAC, UDP, HTTP, FTP, CBR, ODMRP, WRP, DSR, MACA, Telnet, AODV, etc. It uses a VT visualization tool to observe and debug these protocols. The GloMoSim tool is designed to be extensible with all protocols implemented as modules in its library. It also uses an object-oriented approach.
