PHISON: Playground for High-level Simulations On Networks

Network simulation has become crucial in the study of telecommunication networks. In this paper we present PHISON (Playground for High-level Simulations On Networks), an easy-to-use discrete-event simulator whose features facilitate the study of diverse phenomena on path-oriented telecommunication networks (i.e. based on connections). A key differentiation feature of PHISON is that it considers the dynamic aspects of such networks at a higher level than previous proposals. Hence, our proposal does not consider protocol data units nor user data packets. Its design considerations and implementation details are presented and, finally, two examples illustrate some of the functionalities of the network simulator.