Load and performance modeling of communication subsystems with the DO-IT toolbox

Author

Mitschele-Thiel, Andreas

Author_Institution

Lehrstuhl fur Inf. VII, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany

fYear

1997

fDate

12-15 Jan 1997

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

69

Abstract

The specification and description language (SDL) and message sequence charts (MSCs) are established techniques to support the software development process in the telecommunication industry. Several commercial tools exist supporting functional aspects of the engineering process. However, rather little research has been done concerning the integration of nonfunctional aspects in the development process. Our research is focusing on the integration of performance aspects in the development process. In the paper, we give an overview on the DO-IT toolbox. The DO-IT toolbox supports the formal specification of performance requirements as well as the automatic selection of the appropriate design and implementation decisions. In the paper, we focus on an important aspect for the integration of performance issues in the design process, namely the formal specification of performance data based on MSCs

Keywords

diagrams; formal specification; software tools; specification languages; telecommunication computing; telecommunication networks; DO-IT toolbox; MSC; SDL; automatic selection; communication subsystems; design decisions; formal specification; high-speed networks; implementation decisions; integration; load modeling; message sequence chart; nonfunctional aspects; performance modeling; performance requirements; software development process; telecommunication industry; Communication industry; Computer industry; Formal specifications; Load modeling; Object oriented modeling; Performance analysis; Process design; Programming; Real time systems; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1997. MASCOTS '97., Proceedings Fifth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Haifa

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7758-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASCOT.1997.567583

Filename

567583