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PP-MESS-SIM: A Flexible and Extensible Simulator for Evaluating Multicomputer Networks

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Jennifer Rexford,

Kang G. ShinAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 8, Issue 1

Pages 25 - 40

https://doi.org/10.1109/71.569653

Published: 01 January 1997 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents pp-mess-sim, an object-oriented discrete-event simulation environment for evaluating interconnection networks in message-passing systems. The simulator provides a toolbox of various network topologies, communication workloads, routing-switching algorithms, and router models. By carefully defining the boundaries between these modules, pp-mess-sim creates a flexible and extensible environment for evaluating different aspects of network design. The simulator models emerging multicomputer networks that can support multiple routing and switching schemes simultaneously; pp-mess-sim achieves this flexibility by associating routing-switching policies, traffic patterns, and performance metrics with collections of packets, instead of the underlying router model. Besides providing a general framework for evaluating router architectures, pp-mess-sim includes a cycle-level model of the PRC, a programmable router for point-to-point distributed systems. The PRC model captures low-level implementation details, while another high-level model facilitates experimentation with general router design issues. Sample simulation experiments capitalize on this flexibility to compare network architectures under various application workloads.

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IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Volume 8, Issue 1

January 1997

95 pages

ISSN:1045-9219

Editor:
Duncan H. Lawrie
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

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