Modeling and Simulation Tools for Emerging Telecommunication Networks: Needs, Trends, Challenges and Solutions

✍ Scribed by A. Nejat Ince, Ercan Topuz (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 510
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book contains a selection of papers presented at a symposium organized under the aegis of COST Telecommunications Action 285.

The main objective of the Action is to enhance existing tools and develop new modeling and simulation tools for research in emerging multi-service telecommunication networks in the areas of model performance improvements, multilayer traffic modeling, and the important issue of evaluation and validation of the new modeling tools.

The studies related to the activities above are carried out by members of the Action Group with contributions from invited experts/scientists from non-COST country academia and industry (within and outside Europe) when deemed necessary. The book in your hands is the collection of some important aspects of study results achieved by this mixed group of experts/scientists from Europe and the United States of America.

The symposium presentations were made in four sessions as follows:

1. Multilayer Traffic and Mulimedia Behavior,

2. Quality of Simulations,

3. Accelerated Simulation Methods,

4. Verification, Validation and Credibility of Simulations,

and covered nearly all of the important aspects of the subjects and issues above.

It is hoped and expected that this book will be useful as a reference work for practicing engineers as well as academic researchers.

✦ Table of Contents

European Concerted Research Action COST 285 Modeling and Simulation Tools for Research in Emerging Multiservice Telecommunications....Pages 1-18
Challenges in Design of Next Generation Networks....Pages 19-42
An Empirical Approach For Multilayer Traffic Modeling And Multimedia Traffic Modeling At Different Time Scales....Pages 43-83
Multimedia Traffic Behavior: Analysis and Implications....Pages 85-100
Traffic Modeling and Prediction using ARIMA/GARCH Model....Pages 101-121
On the Scalability of Fluid Models of IP Networks Loaded by Long-lived TCP Flows....Pages 123-150
The Optimal Dimensioning Of Multi-Service Links....Pages 151-178
A Network Management Framework for Emerging Telecommunications Networks....Pages 179-200
Challenges of Tool Development Facing Rapidly Changing Market Demands....Pages 201-208
Packaging Simulation Results With CostGlue....Pages 209-222
Modeling Grids in (Near) Real Time....Pages 223-261
Network Simulator NS2: Shortcomings, Potential Development and Enhancement Strategies....Pages 263-277
Integrated Simulation of Communication Networks and Logistical Networks....Pages 279-287
Evaluating Vehicular Networks: Analysis, Simulation, and Field Experiments....Pages 289-308
A Monte Carlo Type Simulation Approach For Performance Evaluation In Optical Burst Switched Networks....Pages 309-324
Simulation of Radio Channel and Modulation Schemes Using Markov Chains....Pages 325-334
A Component Approach to Optical Transmission Network Design....Pages 335-355
Fast Dimensioning of Packet-Switched All-Optical Networks....Pages 357-363
Quality Assessment of Modeling and Simulation of Network-Centric Military Systems....Pages 365-382
Using Fuzzy Value Tree Analysis to Support The Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of Models and Simulations....Pages 383-405
On The Use Of Simulation For The Improvement And Measurement Validation Of A Smart Antenna Prototype....Pages 407-422
The Need for Credible Modeling and Simulation in the Context of the Network Based Defense....Pages 423-447
An Analysis Tool for Markovian Traffic Model Validation....Pages 449-470
Some General Terminal and Network Teletraffic Equations for Virtual Circuit Switching Systems....Pages 471-505

✦ Subjects

Signal, Image and Speech Processing