Evaluation of Simulation Tools
Notes:
Research Queuing package, developed at IBM
very strong in describing behavior of queues
protocol simulation done by “jobs” passing queus
Event oriented; state-machines to describe protocols
support of ATM and wireless scenarios
large networks can be modeled
graphical interface for modeling and simulation
complex statistical results possible
standard tool in commercial projects (Nortel, NASA, Bosch, DLR)
freely available, c-based simulation tool
rudimental satellite support
neither graphic input nor graphical representation of results
no ATM support at the time of evaluation
Toolkit to analyzes satellite orbits, slant ranges, and reachability