PARNEM-A PARALLEL DISCRETE EVENT NETWORK EMULATION SYSTEM
- Author:
Yue LI
;
Depei QIAN
;
Ying HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
network emulation;
performance evaluation;
interactive mechanism
- From:
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
2006;18(2):131-135
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective Network emulation system constructs a virtual network environment which has the characteristics of controllable and repeatable network conditions. This makes it possible to predict the availability and performance of new protocols and algorithms before deploying to Internet. Methods PARNEM, a parallel discrete event network emulation system described in this paper has the following characteristics: ① BREEN - a BSP based real-time event scheduling engine; ② application transparent flexible interactive mechanism; ③ legacy network model reuse. Conclusion PARNEM allows detailed and accurate study of application behavior. Comprehensive case studies covering bottleneck bandwidth measurement and distributed cooperative web caching system demonstrate that network emulation technology opens a wide range of new opportunities for examining the behavior of applications.
