Abstract—Simulation of networks is an actual task for
different areas of informational technologies. It may be used for
network control algorithms evaluation, for software validation,
for network performance estimation etc. Task of network
simulation is usually reduced to the task of network protocols
implementation. Peculiarity of network simulation is that
network protocols are already implemented in operating system
so these protocols not only can be implemented in simulation
software but also their implementation in operating system may
be re-used. The latest way implies network devices inclusion
into simulation process. These network devices may be real or
virtual. All these opportunities and their combinations provide
a variety of possible methods for network simulation task
resolution. The choice of the method is to be defined by different
parameters: desired simulation accuracy, desired speed of
simulation, the resources available etc. This paper describes
different network simulation tasks arisen in semiconductor
industry and the methods chosen by the authors for these tasks
resolution.
Index Terms—Network simulation, network control
algorithm, network protocol stack, WiFi, TUN/TAP.
N. A. Podolskaya is with the Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
(e-mail: nap@math.msu.su).
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Cite:Nina A. Podolskaya, "Network Simulation: Tasks and Methods of Their Solution," International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 392-395, 2014.
