Cluster performance oriented characteristics of network simulations

As the price of parallel computer is decreasing and the network simulation is being more complex, people turn to study the high performance network simulation based on the parallel computer platform. This makes the platform performance oriented characteristics of network simulation become a new important research focus. Taking the cluster, which is a representative parallel computer, as the platform, this paper does research on issues in the cluster performance oriented characteristics of network simulation from two aspects, including the performance capabilities of cluster, and the characteristics of network simulation and their performance demands of cluster. The research results in this paper can guide the selection of the appropriate cluster platform exactly and efficiently, and guide the development of performance oriented parallel optimization techniques.