QUARTS-II: a routing simulator for ATM networks

Author

Sivabalan, M. ; Mouftah, Hussein T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

87

Abstract

This article presents a discrete-event simulator, called QUARTS-II, that can be used for the design and analysis of routing protocols for ATM networks. This simulator shares many high-level features of the ATM Forum´s P-NNI routing protocol; topology-state advertisement, on-demand source routing, call admission control and generic call admission control, hierarchical routing, and crank-back and rerouting. Simulations can be carried out at both the call and cell levels. Although this simulation tool has been designed primarily to simulate routing protocols, it can easily be extended to simulate other elements of an AIM traffic control architecture

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; discrete event simulation; graphical user interfaces; telecommunication computing; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; AIM traffic control architecture; ATM networks; P-NNI routing protocol; QUARTS-II; analysis; call admission control; call level; cell level; crank-back; design; discrete-event simulator; generic call admission control; hierarchical routing; high-level features; on-demand source routing; rerouting; routing protocols; routing simulator; simulation tool; topology-state advertisement; Analytical models; Asynchronous transfer mode; Call admission control; Communication system control; Graphical user interfaces; Network topology; Quality of service; Routing protocols; Switches; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.667993

Filename

667993