Simulating Challenges to Communication Networks for Evaluation of Resilience

Abstract

This thesis is focused on the issues and challenges confronted by real network topologies. The goal of this thesis is to lead towards tools that permit network design to be as resilient as possible. In this thesis, a new capability has been introduced for the ns-3 simulator in which challenges such as failures, attacks, and natural disasters can be applied to different networks. Several simulations were performed to study the network resilience in the face of different challenges.