Modeling and Simulation Tools for Emerging Telecommunication Networks: Needs, Trends, Challenges and Solutions [Hardcover]

Modeling and Simulation Tools for Emerging Telecommunication Networks contains over 20 articles by well-known scientists and engineers reflecting the advances in modeling and simulation for telecommunications in the last five years.  Their research covers a broad spectrum of topics including; analytic and hybrid cores for quick solutions of network design performance evaluation problems; multimedia traffic behavior in different time scales; improvement of the quality of the statistical analysis tools imbedded in simulation products; combining source and lower-layer models into two-layer or three-layer traffic models; mobile and satellite communcations propagation models and wide-band optical networks propagation models; verification and validation problems, rare-event simulation and accelerated simulation methods.

The book covers four primary topics: multilayer traffic and multimedia traffic behavior; quality of simulations; accelerated simulation methods; and verification, validation and credibility of simulations and will be an essential reference for practicing engineers and academic researchers.

European Concerted Research Action COST 285 Modeling and Simulation Tools for Research in Emerging Multiservice Telecommunications.- Challenges in Design of Next Generation Networks.- An Empirical Approach For Multilayer Traffic Modeling And Multimedia Traffic Modeling At Different Time Scales.- Multimedia Traffic Behavior: Analysis and Implications.- Traffic Modeling and Prediction using ARIMA/GARCH Model.- On the Scalability of Fluid Models of IP Networks Loaded by Long-lived TCP Flows.- The Optimal Dimensioning Of Multi-Service Links.- A Network Management Framework for Emerging Telecommunications Networks.- Challenges of Tool Development Facing Rapidly Changing Market Demands.- Packaging Simulation Results With CostGlue.- Modeling Grids in (Near) Real Time.- Network Simulator NS2: Shortcomings, Potential Development and EnlӃ