Variable step fluid simulation for communication network

Hongjoong Kim*, Junsoo Lee

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    Abstract

    We propose a variable step fluid model for communication network in this paper. Our main goal in this research is simulation speedup of a packet-level simulator while maintaining the accuracy. The variable step fluid model not only reduces complexity but also accurately estimates simulation details such as round trip time, queue sizes, TCP windows, and packet drops. In addition, the variable step fluid model reduces event explosions, ripple effects, which have been observed in the traditional fluid models. We validate our model against ns-2 simulation with a mixture of TCP and UDP flows under various background traffic scenarios. Our model achieves significant speedup compared to packet-level simulators. For example, the speedup of our fluid model for 20 Mb bottleneck is 40 to 70 against ns-2.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationNetworking 2006 - Networking Technologies, Services, and Protocols; Performance of Computer and Communication Networks; Mobile and Wireless Com. Syst. - 5th Int. IFIP-TC6 Netw. Conf. Proc.
    EditorsFernando Boavida, Edmundo Monteiro, Thomas Plagemann, Burkhard Stiller, Cedric Westphal
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages87-97
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Print)3540341927, 9783540341925
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event5th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Networking 2006 - Coimbra, Portugal
    Duration: 2006 May 152006 May 19

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume3976 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Other

    Other5th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Networking 2006
    Country/TerritoryPortugal
    CityCoimbra
    Period06/5/1506/5/19

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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