Creating Custom 3D Network Visualizations with OPNET Modeler®

1588 Creating Custom 3D Network Visualizations with OPNET Modeler®Lab 2: Using Ovis Communication CallbacksOverviewYou want to see a 3D visualization of the packet exchange for application traffic in a Wireless LANusing MANET. You want to see the actual route that traffic takes in the wireless network from clientto server and also the nodes affected by radio broadcast—even if they are not the intended recipientsof the data.But you do not want to modify the code of the pipeline stages used by the Wireless LAN transmitterand receiver modules, since you want to ensure that the 3D visualization code can be easily reusedwith future releases of these pipeline stages. You will use the Ovis communication callbackinfrastructure to integrate with existing pipeline stages used in the Wireless LAN to peek intopackets and provide appropriate visualizations.Objectives• Review provided Ovis communication code.• Extend communication code with appropriate Ovis calls to generate 3D lines based on traffictype and packet destination.Use the Ovis Communication Callback mechanism to visualize application traffic between client andserver using WLAN and MANET.InstructionsReviewing the network model1. If it is not already open, launch Modeler.2. Open the o1588 project.Formatted: Bullets and NumberingCONFIDENTIAL – RESTRICTED ACCESS: This information may not be disclosed, copied, or transmitted in any format without the prior written consent of OPNET Technologies, Inc.© 2010 OPNET Technologies, Inc.Page 35