Simulating device-to-device communications in OMNeT++ with SimuLTE: scenarios and configurations

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how SimuLTE within OMNeT++ can simulate device-to-device LTE communications, including one-to-one and one-to-many scenarios, supporting research in vehicular, IoT, and M2M networks.

Contribution

It shows the integration and application of SimuLTE for simulating D2D communications, expanding its use for various research scenarios.

Findings

SimuLTE can simulate D2D LTE communications effectively.

Supports both one-to-one and one-to-many D2D scenarios.

Enables research in vehicular, IoT, and M2M networks.

Abstract

SimuLTE is a tool that enables system-level simulations of LTE/LTE-Advanced networks within OMNeT++. It is designed such that it can be plugged within network elements as an additional Network Interface Card (NIC) to those already provided by the INET framework (e.g. Wi-Fi). Recently, device-to-device (D2D) technology has been widely studied by the research community, as a mechanism to allow direct communications between devices of a LTE cellular network. In this work, we present how SimuLTE can be employed to simulate both one-to-one and one-to-many D2D communications, so that the latter can be exploited as a new communication opportunity in several research fields, like vehicular networks, IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.