Validation of PIM DM and PIM SM protocols in the NS2 network simulator

Author

Bartczak, Tomasz ; Zwierzykowski, Piotr

Author_Institution

Poznan Univ. of Technol., Poznan, Poland

fYear

2009

fDate

23-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Multicast transmission offers efficient network resource utilization, but, at the same time, it is also a demanding and complex technology. Multicast protocols are far more sophisticated than their unicast counterparts. As a result, building one´s own simulation environment is a difficult, time-consuming and error-prone endeavor. Hence, there is a need for ready-made network simulation tools supporting these protocols. One of such tools is the open source NS2 simulator. However, the results obtained from this simulator are not reliable without prior testing and a validation of the application. This work concentrates on validation of the PIM SM and the PIM DM protocols implementation in NS2. The NS2 implementation was tested using a wide range of techniques commonly used in software engineering filed.

Keywords

multicast protocols; PIM DM protocol; PIM SM protocol; multicast transmission; network resource utilization; open source NS2 network simulator; protocol independent multicast dense mode protocol; protocol independent multicast sparse mode protocol; software engineering; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Delta modulation; Electronic mail; Multicast protocols; Samarium; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Traffic control; Unicast; Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Mode; Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode; multicast; multicast protocols; network simulator NS2; software validation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2009. AFRICON '09.

Conference_Location

Nairobi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3918-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3919-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2009.5308360

Filename

5308360