Introduction to Network Emulation

Emulation is a hybrid experimentation technique intended to bridge the gap between simulation and real-world testing. The key idea of emulation is to reproduce in real time and in a controlled manner the essential functionality of a system, so that it can interact with other real systems that can thus be evaluated. This book describes the technique of network emulation and compares it with the other experimental approaches: the scholarly analytical modeling, the popular network simulation, and the demanding real-world testing. To emphasize the practical aspects related to emulation, this book presents a large number of examples of network emulators on the market, as well as provides an in-depth analysis of a case study, the wireless network emulation testbed called QOMB.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

PART ITHE INS AND OUTS OF NETWORK EMULATION
Chapter 2 Network Emulation 101
Chapter 3 Emulators in theWild

PART II NETWORK EMULATORS TO REMEMBER
Chapter 4 Free Network Emulators
Chapter 5 Commercial Network Emulators
Chapter 6 Emulation-Capable Network Simulators
Chapter 7 Network Emulation Testbeds
Chapter 8 More to Consider

PART III A CASE STUDY: QOMB
Chapter 9 QOMB Overview
Chapter 10 QOMET
Chapter 11 StarBED
Chapter 12 QOMET on StarBED
Chapter 13 QOMB Experiments
Chapter 14 Concluding Remarks