Title :
A scalable and reusable emulator for evaluating the performance of SS7 networks
Author :
Lazar, Aurel A. ; Tseng, Kent H. ; Lim, Koon Seng ; Choe, Winston
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fDate :
4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A scalable and reusable emulator was designed and implemented for studying the behavior of SS7 networks. The emulator design was largely based on public domain software. It was developed on top of an environment supported by PVM, the Parallel Virtual Machine, and managed by OSIMIS-the OSI Management Information Service platform. The emulator runs on top of a commercially available ATM LAN interconnecting engineering workstations. As a case study for evaluating the emulator, the behavior of the Singapore National SS7 Network under fault and unbalanced loading conditions was investigated
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; open systems; performance evaluation; public domain software; telecommunication signalling; telecommunications computing; ATM LAN; OSI Management Information Service platform; OSIMIS; Parallel Virtual Machine; SS7 networks; Singapore; emulator design; engineering workstations; fault conditions; performance evaluation; public domain software; reusable emulator; scalable emulator; unbalanced loading conditions; Emulation; Environmental management; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Real time systems; Scalability; Software libraries; Software reusability; Virtual machining; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
