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Network simulation is widely used in network research to evaluate the performance of network protocols. With the development of computer networks, network models grow in size and complexity, so execution time of simulation can be unbearably long. In this paper, we present a practical approach to construct a parallel network simulator which is based on the popular sequential network simulator ns. Parallel discrete event simulation (PDES) techniques are applied to modify the event scheduling mechanism in ns. Some necessary extensions are also made to ns model library. Performance measures including speedup and memory consumption are evaluated at last.
This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973) under grant No. G1999032710.
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Li, Y., Qian, D., Zhang, W. (2003). A Practical Approach for Constructing a Parallel Network Simulator. In: Yazıcı, A., Şener, C. (eds) Computer and Information Sciences - ISCIS 2003. ISCIS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2869. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39737-3_92
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