Teaching and training of network protocols with DEVS-suite

  • Authors:

  • Ahmet Zengin;Hessam Sarjoughian

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science Education, Sakarya University, Serdivan, Sakarya, Turkey and Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation, ASU;Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

  • Venue:
  • SPECTS'09 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer & Telecommunication Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper presents a robust simulation environment targeted for teaching and learning the complex dynamics of computer networks. The general-purpose DEVS-Suite simulator supports animation with I/O and state trajectories of computer network models developed using parallel DEVS modeling approach. The simulator offers high-level model abstraction as compared with simulators such as ns-2. The combined capabilities afforded by the robust DEVS-Suite simulator assists in understanding the fundamentals of computer network topologies and the logics of communication protocols. This newly developed DEVS-Suite offers an expressive, yet relatively simple to use, simulation environment for students and educators to develop and experiment with computer network models.