Hybrid testbed for network scenarios

José Mª  Saldaña; Eduardo  Viruete; Julián Fernández-Navajas; José  Ruiz-Mas; José I.  Aznar

3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

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Hybrid testbed for network scenarios

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    author={Jos\^{e} Mª  Salda\`{o}a and Eduardo  Viruete and Juli\^{a}n Fern\^{a}ndez-Navajas and Jos\^{e}  Ruiz-Mas and Jos\^{e} I.  Aznar},
    title={Hybrid testbed for network scenarios},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={call admission control emulation hybrid testbed IP mobility virtualization Xen},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8635}
}

José Mª Saldaña
Eduardo Viruete
Julián Fernández-Navajas
José Ruiz-Mas
José I. Aznar
Year: 2010
Hybrid testbed for network scenarios
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8635

José Mª Saldaña¹^,*, Eduardo Viruete¹^,*, Julián Fernández-Navajas¹^,*, José Ruiz-Mas¹^,*, José I. Aznar¹^,*

1: Communication Technologies Group (GTC) – Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Dpt. IEC. Ada Byron Building. CPS Univ. Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza (Spain). Tel: +34 976 762 698

*Contact email: jsaldana@unizar.es, eviruete@unizar.es, navajas@unizar.es, jruiz@unizar.es, jiaznar@unizar.es

Abstract

In this paper we explain the deployment of a testbed that emulates a network by means of virtualization, allowing us to implement a set of virtual nodes in one physical machine or a small LAN. Nodes participating in the communication are virtual machines adequately connected. The system is a hybrid testbed, as it includes simulation and emulation. But simulations are done in a previous offline stage, in order to avoid computer load caused by the need of real-time simulations, which could limit the maximum number of hosts to be included into the scenario. Finally, two uses of the testbed are presented.

Keywords: call admission control emulation hybrid testbed IP mobility virtualization Xen

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8635