RMPG: a realistic mobility pattern generator for the performance assessment of mobility functions

A platform for the simulation of mobility functions (e.g., protocols, application architectures) is presented. This platform, named realistic mobility pattern generator (RMPG), is based on the assumption that real humans exhibit considerable spatial and temporal regularity in their moves. We base our simulation environment on the random way-point algorithm implemented in the network simulation (ns) tool. Through the RMPG, that has been implemented in Java, we performed a series of simulations by considering a path prediction algorithm as a mobility function. We present our results.