Features |
Academic |
Standard |
Pro |
Technology Coverage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Internetworks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Legacy Networks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
BGP |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Advanced Wireless Networks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Cellular Networks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Wireless Sensor Networks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Internet Of Things |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Zigbee |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Cognitive Radio Networks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
LTE/LTE-A Networks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VANET |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Military Radio (Add on): TDMA-Link16, HF, VHF, UHF Bands |
No |
No |
Yes |
Emulator (Add on) Connect to real hardware running live applications |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Performance reporting Performance metrics available for Network and Sub-network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Packet Animator Used to animate packet flow in network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Packet Trace Available in .cse format for easy post processing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Event Trace Available in .csv format for easy post processing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Protocol Source C Codes Protocol C source codes and appropriate header files with extensive documentation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
External Interfacing Interfacing with SUMO, MATLAB and Wireshark |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Integrated Debugging Users can write their own code, link their code to NetSim and debug using Visual Studio |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Dynamic Metrics Allows users to graph the values of parameter over simulation time |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Simulation Scale |
100 Nodes |
500 Nodes |
100,000 Nodes |
Custom Coding and Modelling Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Target Users and Segment |
Educational |
Educational |
Commercial |