Proposed Hybrid Network Performance Simulator (HNPS) - General structure

There is a multitude of simulators capable of modelling communication networks and algorithms with Petri Nets (PN), Queueing Networks (QN) or some of their extensions. This paper presents the implementation of a new type of simulator, one that combines PNs and QNs in the same models (designated hybrid models). The simulator allows users to describe communication mechanisms in a simple fashion and add high-level logic in the process.