[Nets-seminars] Networks talk 25/1/13

[Richard G. Clegg]

The next talk in the UCL EE seminar series is on 25th January 2013 (this 
Friday) at 16:00 in GS/102.  The speaker is our own Lorenzo Saino.

FNSS: A Toolchain for Simplifying Network Simulation Setup

Abstract:
Arguably, one of the most cumbersome and error-prone tasks required to 
run a network simulation is the setup of a fully configured network 
topology and its deployment in the target simulator. This process 
includes selecting a suitable topology, provision it with all required 
parameters (such as link capacities, weights and latencies), allocate 
and configure traffic endpoints, assign request rates to traffic sources 
or generate traffic matrices and, finally, deploy the complete network 
configuration in the target simulator.

A large number of tools exist to address some of these tasks. However, 
all of them exhibit some shortcomings. For example, some tools do not 
provide algorithms for provisioning link capacities, weights, delays and 
buffers, while others only support a specific simulator. Because of this 
situation, a user often needs to either integrate heterogeneous software 
components or implement the desired features by himself/herself, both of 
which are time-consuming and error-prone.

To address these issues, I will present in this talk the Fast Network 
Simulation Setup (FNSS) toolchain. It provides capabilities for parsing 
topologies from datasets or generating them synthetically, assign 
desired configuration parameters and generate traffic matrices or event 
schedules. It also provides APIs for a number of programming languages 
and network simulators to easily deploy the configured network topology 
in the target simulator.

-- 
Richard G. Clegg,
Dept of Elec. Eng.,
University College London
http://www.richardclegg.org/