Recent Advances in Modeling and Simulation Tools for Communication Networks and Services

1. Front Matter

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2. European Concerted Research Action COST 285 Action Objectives and the Symposium

   • A. Nejat Ince

   Pages 1-27

3. A Review of High Performance Simulation Tools and Modeling Concepts

   • Chris Phillips

   Pages 29-47

4. Using Visualization Techniques in Multilayer Traffic Modeling

   • Arnold Bragg

   Pages 49-67

5. A Multilevel Approach for the Modelling of Large TCP/IP Networks

   • Eitan Altman, Konstantin Avrachenkov, Chadi Barakat, Kartikeya Chandrayana

   Pages 69-103

6. Cross-Layer Interaction in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks: A Practical Example

   • Vincent Gauthier, Michel Marot, Monique Becker

   Pages 105-120

7. Multilayer Description of Large Scale Communication Networks

   • Sébastien Rumley, Christian Gaumier

   Pages 121-135

8. Modelling and Simulation Study of TCP Performance with Link Layer Retransmission and Fragmentation for Satellite-UMTS Networks

   • Zongyang Luo, Zhili Sun, Haitham Cruickshank

   Pages 137-155

9. The Design of a FPGA-Based Traffic Light Control System: From Theory to Implementation

   • Ramón Martínez Rodríguez-Osorio, Miguel Á. Fernández Otero, Miguel Calvo Ramón, Luis Cuéllar Navarrete, Leandro de Haro Ariet

   Pages 157-180

10. Distributed Multihop Clustering Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks

    • Nauman Israr, Irfan Awan

    Pages 181-201

11. Scenario Simulation for Network-Centric Technology Assessment

    • Osman Balci, William F. Ormsby

    Pages 203-226

12. Verification and Validation of Simulation Models and Applications: A Methodological Approach

    • Zhongshi Wang, Axel Lehmann

    Pages 227-240

13. Extending OPNET Modeler with External Pseudo Random Number Generators and Statistical Evaluation by the Limited Relative Error Algorithm

    • Markus Becker, Thushara Lanka Weerawardane, Xi Li, Carmelita Görg

    Pages 241-255

14. Towards Flexible, Reliable, High Throughput Parallel Discrete Event Simulations

    • Richard Fujimoto, Alfred Park, Jen-Chih Huang

    Pages 257-278

15. Design and Performance Evaluation of a Packet-Switching Satellite Emulator

    • Tomaso de Cola, Mario Marchese, Giancarlo Portomauro

    Pages 279-297

16. Simulation Techniques for Peer-to-Peer Information Sharing Networks

    • Gergö Buchholcz, Tien Van Do

    Pages 299-317

17. Repair Strategies on the Operation of MPLS Routing

    • Dénes Papp, Tien Van Do, Ram Chakka, Xuan Mai Thi Truong

    Pages 319-330

18. Incorporating Uncertainties into Traffic Simulators

    • M. J. Bayarri, J. O. Berger, G. Molina

    Pages 331-347

19. Effects of Bursty and Correlated Traffic on the Performance of Active Queue Management Schemes

    • Lan Wang, Geyong Min, Irfan Awan

    Pages 349-366

20. Quality-of-Service Analysis of Priority Queueing Systems under Long-Range Dependent and Short-Range Dependent Traffic

    • Xiaolong Jin, Geyong Min

    Pages 367-388

The papers which appear in this book were presented by their authors at a Symposium hosted by the Centre for Communication System Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, on 28-29 March 2007. The Symposium was organized under the aegis of COST Action 285: Modeling and Simulation Tools for Research in Emerging Multi-Service Telecommunications The Symposium focused specifically on recent advances in modeling and simulation methods, techniques, and tools for communications networks and services. COST – the acronym for European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical research – is the oldest and most broadly focused European inter-governmental vehicle for cooperative research. COST was established by the Ministerial Conference in November 1971, and is presently used by the scientific communities of 35 European nations to cooperate in common research projects supported by national funds. Hence, COST is a framework for scientific and technical cooperation, supporting the coordination of national research at the European level. COST’s goal is to ensure that Europe holds a strong position in all fields of scientific and technical research by increasing cooperation and interaction among participating nations. COST Actions are cooperative networks that focus on specific basic and pre-competitive research issues, as well as on activities of public interest. Actions are apportioned among fourteen key scientific domains such as social sciences, natural sciences, information technologies, and engineering. COST Action 285 is one of 22 Actions in the Information and Commu- cation Technologies domain.

• FPGA
• MPLS routing
• Routing
• Switch
• TCP/IP
• UMTS networks
• internet tomography
• packet switching
• peer-to-peer
• queue management
• sensor networks
• telecom
• traffic modeling
• traffic simulator
• wireless networks

• Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

  A. Nejat Ince

• RTI International Inc., Research Triangle Park, USA

  Arnold Bragg

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