Title :
Interactive communication system simulation on a high-speed PC workstation
Author :
Matis, Kurt R. ; Modestino, James W.
Author_Institution :
MODCOM Inc., Ballston Lake, NY, USA
fDate :
1/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The design, operation, and capabilities of a workstation-communications-simulation software system (WCS) for interactive simulation of point-to-point digital communication links is described. The system is based on Fortran-77 and is hosted on an IBM PC/AT or compatible microcomputer. At the heart of the system is a single-board floating-point array processor that provide approximately three orders of magnitude increase in computational throughput over operations performed in the AT alone. A description is given of how a unique method of interfacing to a PC host allows considerable flexibility in partitioning a simulation problem for execution on an attached processor. The WCS system is a highly graphics-oriented system using the latest advances in interactive color workstation technology
Keywords :
IBM computers; computer graphics; computer interfaces; digital simulation; engineering workstations; microcomputer applications; parallel processing; satellite computers; telecommunications computing; Fortran-77; computational throughput; graphics-oriented system; high-speed PC workstation; interactive color workstation technology; interactive simulation; interfacing; point-to-point digital communication links; single-board floating-point array processor; workstation-communications-simulation software system; Communication system control; Computational modeling; Control systems; Costs; Digital simulation; Hardware; Microcomputers; Signal processing; Throughput; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
