Drone Network Simulation Controller
Title: Drone Network Simulation Controller
Description: A powerful tool designed to simulate, manage, and analyze a network of drones, clients, and servers in real-time. Developed for the Advanced Programming course at the University of Trento, this application allows interactive network control, failure simulation, and statistical analysis.
Goal: To provide a flexible environment for testing and evaluating drone-based network topologies, packet transmissions, and real-time network behaviors under various conditions, including failures and congestion.
Technologies used: Rust, Tauri, React, Cytoscape.js, Multi-threading, Crossbeam, TOML

Visual Showcase

Simulation Tab

The Network Visualization feature uses Cytoscape.js to display an interactive graph representing drones, clients, and servers. Users can modify connections, introduce failures by "crashing" nodes, and dynamically adjust parameters such as Packet Drop Rate.

Drone Network | Simulation Metrics
The Simulation Metrics module provides real-time statistics on network behavior. Users can analyze:
  • 📦 Packets Sent & Received
  • ⚡ Latency Over Time
  • 📊 Packet Loss & NACKs
  • 🔥 Heatmaps of Network Activity
Drone Network | Simulation Metrics
Settings Panel

The Configuration Panel allows users to load and edit network topologies using TOML files. It supports:

  • 📂 Default & custom topology templates
  • ⏳ Adjustable simulation parameters (polling interval, discovery rate, log limits)
  • 🎨 UI theme customization

Packet Sender

The Packet Transmission system allows users to send custom packets within the network, specifying paths, fragmentation, and content.

Additionally, the Live Logs module provides real-time packet tracking, error debugging, and detailed filtering by node, type, and session.

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