Comparing network protocols via elimination of MAC/PHY effects

Outside simulation, the study of mobile network protocols is not trivial and the standard approach usually involves building a testbed and populating it with the relevant entities. While this approach, provides real-life results, it is time consuming and resource intensive. We propose an alternative approach that can be used to compare mobile network protocols with a minimum amount of resources. Our solution explores the possibility of discounting physical layer effects entirely, when doing a comparative analysis of two mobile network protocols. In this paper, we document and discuss our efforts to check if this method is feasible.