On the use of visual programming languages for communication system simulation

Author

Das, Prabir K. ; Koch, Daniel B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

7-10 Apr 1991

Firstpage

158

Abstract

The important features of several software packages for communication system simulation are discussed. Whereas initial versions of SYSTID and similar packages are language-oriented and designed to operate in a batch mode, such packages as ICS, ICSSM, etc. are interactive and menu driven. The packages developed in recent years (BOSS, MODEM, LabVIEW, etc.) involve powerful workstation and personal computers with friendly computing environments and highly visual and graphical user interfaces. A number of issues arise when simulation is selected as a design or analysis tool. Important considerations are the simulation environment, computer accessibility and cost, simulation accuracy, processing speed, and capability of the simulation language. It is noted that a visual programming tool like LabView gives a very favorable response to these considerations. Although LabView cannot replace the simulation languages such as SYSTID or ICS in terms of speed, it can be a helpful tool for communication system designers an analysts

Keywords

digital simulation; graphical user interfaces; high level languages; software packages; telecommunication systems; telecommunications computing; visual programming; BOSS; ICS; ICSSM; LabVIEW; MODEM; SYSTID; analysis tool; batch mode; communication system simulation; computer accessibility; computer cost; design tool; friendly computing environments; graphical user interfaces; interactive package; language oriented package; menu driven; personal computers; processing speed; simulation accuracy; simulation environment; simulation language; software packages; visual programming languages; visual programming tool; visual user interfaces; workstation; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer interfaces; Computer languages; Computer simulation; Microcomputers; Modems; Packaging; Software packages; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Williamsburg, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0033-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1991.147726

Filename

147726