FiCo4OMNeT

FiCo4OMNeT is an open source simulation model for the event-based simulation of fieldbus technologies in the OMNEST/OMNeT++ simulation system. It enables the simulation of CAN and Flexray technologies.

<img src="/doc/images/fico4omnet.png" alt="FiCo4OMNeT Environment" width="35%">

History

FiCo4OMNeT was first introduced as FlexRay simulation model at the 6th International Workshop on OMNeT++ (2013) along with the 6th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (2013). You can find the publication and slides here.

To merge the simulation models of CAN and FlexRay significant changes were necessary. The result of this merging process is the FieldBus for OMNeT++ Simulation model (FiCo4OMNeT).

Features

CAN

It is possible to create networks with traffic consisting of Data-, Remote- and Error-Frames. To get some variation in the transmit and receive times of cyclic messages it is possible to simulate a clock drift.

The arbitration ensures that the frame with the highest priority is transmitted as soon as several nodes try to transmit their messages.

FlexRay

Each node can transmit messages in the assigned slots within the static and the dynamic segment. Based on the configuration the frame is transmitted on channel A, channel B or on both. Every member of the network has an own clock. Based on the configuration each clock has an inaccuracy. The implemented synchronisation compensates theses drifts.

Reference

If you would like to reference this project please use the following publication:

Philipp Meyer, Franz Korf, Till Steinbach, Thomas C. Schmidt, Simulation of Mixed Critical In-vehicular Networks, In: Recent Advances in Network Simulation, (Antonio Virdis, Michael Kirsche Ed.), ser. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing, May 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12842-5_10

• arXiv preprint

Quick Start

1. Download OMNeT++ 6.0.2
   • https://omnetpp.org/download/
2. Install OMNeT++
   • https://doc.omnetpp.org/omnetpp/InstallGuide.pdf
3. Get CoRE framework
   • GitHub: Clone this repository and import it in OMNEST/OMNeT++
4. Working with the framework
   • See the documentation in doc/
   • Start the examples in the framework

Status

The project has been tested on Ubuntu 22.04 (+WSL) and Windows 11.

Further Information

• CoRE simulation models overview
• Abstract Network Description Language (ANDL) overview

Installation

Please see INSTALL

Documentation

Please see doc/

IMPORTANT

The FiCo4OMNeT model is under continuous development: new parts are added, bugs are corrected, and so on. We cannot assert that the implementation will work fully according to the specifications. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE YOURSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MODELS YOU USE IN YOUR SIMULATIONS WORK CORRECTLY, AND YOU'RE GETTING VALID RESULTS.