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A virtual integrated network emulator on XEN (viNEX)

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques table of contents

Rome, Italy

SESSION: Network emulation table of contents

Article No. 3

Year of Publication: 2009

ISBN:978-963-9799-45-5

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Abraham Mukosi Mukwevho	University of South Africa, UNISA
John Andrew van der Poll	University of South Africa, UNISA
Robert Mark Jolliffe

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ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering) ICST, Brussels, Belgium, Belgium

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DOI Bookmark:	10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5745

ABSTRACT

The recent progress on virtualization technologies has made it possible to deploy multiple hosts instances with operating systems running real network protocol stacks on one single server. The objective of this paper is to explore whether it is feasible to use such environments for network emulation and simulation. Some significant amount of research is taking place in this area, this includes Emulab [6] virtualization, and IMUNES [12] system. Both Emulab and IMUNES are based on FreeBSD Jails.

Very little is known about using traditional virtualization platforms (such as Xen and VMware) for virtual emulators. As part of our research, we will attempt to develop a virtual emulator (viNEX) based on Xen. Having identified the limits and weaknesses of this approach, we also propose some areas where viNEX can be useful.

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