How do Academic Version and Standard Version Compare?

NetSim comes in two versions, standard and academic. The standard version is used for project work and research while the academic version is used for lab experimentation and teaching. The standard version is available as components which users can choose and assemble. The academic version is available as a single product and includes all the technologies given. A table comparing the two versions is provided below:

	V E R S I O N S
	Academic	Standard
Product - Integrated Available as one single integrated product.
Product - Components Available as 16 separate components each covering a different technology. Select and assemble those best suited to your needs
Basic Performance Reporting Performance metrics available for Network and Sub-network
Advanced Performance Reporting Performance metrics available for Network, Sub-network, Link by Link, Node Level. Detailed packet level simulation trace,route tables etc.
Technologies Coverage Aloha, Slotted Aloha, CSMA / CD, Fast and Giga Bit Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, WLAN – 802. 11 a / b / g, X.25, Frame Relay, TCP – Old Tahoe and Tahoe, MANET – DSR, Routing – RIP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, Wi-Max, GSM, CDMA, WSN and Zigbee
Advanced Modeling Complex topologies, Higher scalability, Voice Modeling – Various codec's, talk spurt length. CBR, VBR, Mathematical distributions.
Packet Trace Check-box filter available in NetSim GUI, to select variables to be logged. The trace is available in a tab ordered .txt format for easy post processing
Development Environment Users can write their own code and link their code to NetSim for a set of primitives
Protocol Library Source Codes with Documentation Protocol primitive C source and appropriate protocol header files with extensive documentation. Simulation-in-the-loop debug facility using Visual Studio
Support E-mail and Telephone support. Free versional upgrades for one year.