Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of OverSimFeatures

Timestamp:

Dec 18, 2006, 11:43:53 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

Ingmar Baumgart

Comment:

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OverSimFeatures

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 = !OverSim Features =
 
-On this page we'll present some of the available and planned features of !OverSim soon.
+== Features of the current !OverSim release ==
 
-For now this is a list of requirements we think a modern overlay networks simulator should fulfill:
+ * '''Flexibility''': The simulator allows to simulate both
+  structured and unstructured overlay networks (currently Chord and GIA are implemented).
+  The modular design and usage of the Common API facilitate the extension with new features or protocols. Module behavior can easily be customized by specify parameters in a human readable configuration file.
 
- * '''Statistics''': The simulator should be able to collect
+ * '''Interactive GUI''': In order to validate and debug
+  new or existing overlay protocols you can make use of the GUI of OMNeT++, which
+  visualizes both the topology of the
+  underlying network and the overlay topology in a customizable way.
+
+ * '''Statistics''': The simulator collects various
   statistical data such as sent, received, or forwarded network traffic per
   node, successful or unsuccessful packet delivery, and packet hop
-  count. The output needs to be in a format that is easy to
-  postprocess e.g. for generating gnuplot output.
+  count. 
 
- * '''Underlying Network Modelling''': There should be a
-  flexible underlying network scheme, which on the one hand provides a
+ * '''Exchangeable Underlying Network Models''': Our simulation framework
+has a flexible underlying network scheme, which on the one hand provides a
   fully configurable network topology with realistic bandwidths,
   packet delays, and packet losses, and on the other hand a fast and
-  simple alternative model for high simulation performance. All
-  necessary specifications should be placed as parameters in
-  configuration files in a human readable form.
+  simple alternative model for high simulation performance. 
 
- * '''Scalability''': The simulator should be able to run huge
-  simulations in real-time with at least 10.000 nodes. In these cases
-  a GUI is useless and needs to be detachable for higher
-  performance.
+ * '''Scalability''': !OverSim was designed with performance in mind. On a modern
+desktop PC a typical Chord network of 10.000 nodes can be simulated in real-time.
+
+== Planned Features / Work in Progress ==
+
+ * '''Additional overlay protocols''': At the moment we're working on implementations of Kademlia, Koorde, Broose and as well as several Application Layer Multicast protocols.
 
  * '''Reuse of simulation code''': The different implementations
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   implementations of the same overlay protocol.
 
- * '''Flexibility''': The simulator should facilitate both
-  structured and unstructured overlay network simulations.  The user
-  should be able to specify a large number of parameters.  The
-  simulator should also be able to provide node mobility and node
-  failure, as well as malicious behavior of nodes.
-
- * '''Documentation''': For using and extending the simulator
-  with e.g. new overlay protocols, there should be a comprehensive user
-  manual. The source code and the API has to be well documented.
-
- * '''Interactive Visualizer''': In order to validate and debug
-  new or existing overlay protocols there should be a GUI, which
-  visualizes both the topology of the
-  underlying network and the overlay topology in a customizable way.