Everything about OPNET

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: OPNETA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: OPNet: Optimized multi-head graph attention network for polymer properties predictionInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The practical OPNET user guide for computer network simulationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: A comparison of active queue management algorithms using the OPNET ModelerCited 55 times
5. Go sideways: Riverbed TechnologyA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: NetScout SystemsA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• A comparison of active queue management algorithms using the OPNET Modeler

  Chengyu Zhu, O.W.W. Yang, J. Aweya · 2002 · IEEE Communications Magazine · 55 citations

• Co-simulation of wireless networked control systems over mobile ad hoc network using SIMULINK and OPNET

  M.S. Hasan, H. Yu, A. Carrington · 2009 · IET Communications · 47 citations

• An OPNET-based simulation approach for deploying VoIP

  K. Salah, A. Alkhoraidly · 2006 · International Journal of Network Management · 28 citations

• Performance evaluation for on-demand routing protocols based on OPNET modules in wireless mesh networks

  Lei Guo, Yuhuai Peng, Xingwei Wang · 2011 · Computers & Electrical Engineering · 24 citations

• Characteristic analysis of queue theory in Wi-Fi applications using OPNET 14.5 modeler

  Ali Hamzah Najim, Hassnen Shakir Mansour, Ali Hashim Abbas · 2022 · Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies · 23 citations

• Reinforce Networking Theory with OPNET Simulation

  Jinhua Guo, Weidong Xiang, Shengquan Wang · 2007 · Journal of Information Technology Education: Research · 15 citations

• OPNET-based modeling and simulation of mobile Zigbee sensor networks

  Xiaolong Li, Meiping Peng, Jun Cai · 2015 · Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications · 14 citations

• Assessing readiness of IP networks to support desktop videoconferencing using OPNET

  K. Salah, P. Calyam, M.I. Buhari · 2008 · Journal of Network and Computer Applications · 13 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• OPNet: Optimized multi-head graph attention network for polymer properties prediction

  Wei Wei, Jun Fang, Ning Yang · 2024 · AIP Advances · 4 citations

• OPSDN: an enhanced SDN simulation framework for OPNET Modeler

  Zequn Jia, Yantao Sun, Qiang Liu · 2023 · Journal of Open Source Software · 3 citations

• Mobile Ad Hoc Network Routing Protocols – Using OPNET Simulator

  Madhavi S. Avhankar, Dr. Janardan A. Pawar, Snehankita Majalekar · 2022 · International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication · 3 citations

• Implementation of a Simulator for TDMA-Based MANET Using Riverbed(OPNET) Modeler

  Jin-Taek Lim, Sujin Kim, Jisang You · 2023 · The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences · 2 citations

• Research on Communication Stability of Inter-Cannonball Network Based on OPNET

  Zhihai Zhuo, Jintao Huang, Wanyu Lu · 2023 · Applied Sciences · 2 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕The practical OPNET user guide for computer network simulationAdarshpal S. Sethi · 2012
• Unlocking the power of OPNET modelerZheng Lu · 2011
• Modeling and simulating communication networksIrene Katzela · 1999

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