Title :
An empirical study of different strategies for the parallel simulation of large-scale communication networks
Author :
Forgeau, Benjamin ; Killat, Ulrich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Networks, Technische Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
An MPI-based parallel simulation system for wide area networks is described in this article, as well as some characteristics of the models it handles. A simple synchronization algorithm is then presented along with some additional synchronization strategies that could improve the performance. These strategies are tested on a reference model, what shows how the simulator scales and how it is sensitive to parameters such as connectivity and send granularity.
Keywords :
message passing; parallel algorithms; performance evaluation; simulation; synchronisation; wide area networks; MPI; connectivity; large-scale communication networks; parallel simulation; performance; send granularity; synchronization algorithm; wide area networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Communication networks; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Large-scale systems; Performance analysis; Protocols; Testing; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2003. Proceedings. International
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1926-1
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPS.2003.1213471
