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A comparative analysis of WAN emulators

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Karima Velásquez,

Eric GamessAuthors Info & Claims

LANC '12: Proceedings of the 7th Latin American Networking Conference

Pages 44 - 51

https://doi.org/10.1145/2382016.2382024

Published: 04 October 2012 Publication History

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Testing network applications and protocols in a real WAN environment can be difficult and complex due to costs and distances. Therefore, many researchers and developers use network simulation or controlled testbeds where the WAN is emulated over cheap and widely spread LAN technologies such as Ethernet. In this paper, we present an up-to-date survey of WAN emulation tools. We discuss their main characteristics and the network parameters they allow to setup and modify. We also present the results of some experiments we conducted with the tools, using both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, in order to verify their accuracy and analyze the results obtained.

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A comparative analysis of WAN emulators
1. Networks
  1. Network services
    1. Network monitoring

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LANC '12: Proceedings of the 7th Latin American Networking Conference

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DOI:10.1145/2382016

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Liu GXu J(2018)A Metadata Redundancy Approach for File Systems over Lossy Packet-based NetworkProcedia Computer Science10.1016/j.procs.2018.04.328131:C(1196-1201)Online publication date: 1-May-2018
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Chen YYuan ALu KWu Q(2013)The study of 6LoWPAN with SCTP multi-homing in Smart Grid2013 Seventh International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)10.1109/ICSensT.2013.6727750(735-740)Online publication date: Dec-2013
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