NEPTUNE network emulation for protocol tuning and evaluation

ABSTRACT

In the last few years many emulation systems have been developed to evaluate the effectiveness of new protocols and applications in realistic and controllable network scenarios. NEPTUNE is a flexible architecture for cluster-based network emulation systems designed and implemented at University of Napoli Federico II. In this poster we present the key components of the NEPTUNE architecture, an in particular the NEPTUNE manager, an open-source software managing the lifecycle of emulation experiments.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation

Keywords:
Xen, network emulation, testbed, virtual routing