Modeling and Simulation Environment for Satellite and Terrestrial Communications Networks: Proceedings of the European COST Telecommunications Symposium

405 Pages·2002·28.87 MB·English

by  A. Nejat Ince (auth.), A. Nejat Ince (eds.)

MODELING AND SIMULATION
ENVIRONMENT FOR
SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Proceedings of the European COST
Telecommunications Svmoosium
THE KLUWER INTERNATIONAL SERIES
IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
MODELING AND SIMULATION
ENVIRONMENT FOR
SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Proceedings ofthe European COST
Telecommunications Symposium
edited by
A. Nejat IDee
Centre for Strategic Studies
Istanbul Technical University Foundation
Istanbul, Turkey
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC
ISBN 978-1-4613-5276-1 ISBN 978-1-4615-0863-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-0863-2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE IX
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRmUTORS X111
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
Chapter 1 An Overview of Modeling and Simulation
Environment for Telecommunication Networks
A. Nejat Ince 1
Chapter 2 Simulation of Communication Networks
Averill M. Law 25
Chapter 3 Evolving Approaches for Modeling
Today's Distributed Worldwide Multimedia Networks
Frank E. Ferrante 37
Chapter 4 Traffic Engineering of Cellular
Wireless Communication Systems
Villy B'!versen 49
Chapter 5 Fractal Traffic Model for Internet Traffic Engineering
Bo Ryu and Steven B .Lowen 65
Chapter 6 Simulation with Self-Similar Traffic Models:
Observations, Opinions, and Lessons Learned
Arnold WBragg 105
Chapter 7 On the Minimal Traffic Measurements for
Determining the Number of Used Terminals in
Telecommunication Systems with Channel Switching
Stoyan Atanasov Poryazov and
Emiliya Todorova Saranova 135
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Chapter 8 Simulation of Mobility Management Protocols/
Algorithms of Emerging and Future Wireless
Telecommunication Networks
Hakan jnanoglu 145
Chapter 9 Optimality Criteria for the Cell Site Selection
of CDMA Cellular Networks
Ute Kohlhaas, Rudolf Mathar and Michael Schmeink 161
Chapter 10 Realizing Future Broadband Satellite Network
Services
Sastri Kota, Arjan Durresi and Raj Jain 175
Chapter 11 Galileo: A Simulation Tool for LEO Satellite
Constellations
Laurent Franck and Francesco Potorti 197
Chapter 12 Tool for Satellite Mobile Communications Systems
Simulation
Jorge A.Montero, Silvia Serrano, Ramon Martinez
and Miguel Calvo 213
Chapter 13 Problem Areas in Simulation and Analysis
of Mobile Satellite Systems
Vladimir Obradovic 225
Chapter 14 Modeling and Simulation of High-Speed
Optical Networks
Olaf Lenzmann 241
Chapter 15 Modeling the Fiber Optic Propagation Channel
Ercan Topuz 255
Chapter 16 New Strategies for a multi-System Simulator
Supporting Complex Simulation Scenarios
Ulrich F ornefeld 271
Chapter 17 Model Verification and Validation
Dirk Brade and Axel Lehmann 281
Chapter 18 Validation of a Wide-Band Simulation Tool for Indoor
Radio Propagation
Manuel Garcia Sanchez and Inigo Cuinas 301
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Chapter 19 Problems in User-Performed Validation
Tests of a Communications Simulator
Thomas Brazil 333
Chapter 20 Simulated Performance of an OFDM Communication
System: Noise Density Function for Quasi-Analytical
Bit Error Rate Estimation
Mati/de Sanchez, Ismael Calleja, Ramon Martinez,
Leandro de Haro and Miguel Calvo 347
Chapter 21 Rare Event Simulation
Carmelita Gorg, Eugen Lamers, Oliver FufJ
and Poul Heegaard 365
Index 397
PREFACE
The articles in this volume were written based on presentations given at a
symposium held at the Aachen University of Technology, Chair of
Communication Networks on 13-14 September 2000. The symposium was
organized under the aegis of COST Telecommunications Action 256
entitled:
"Modelling and Simulation Environment for
Satellite and Terrestrial Communication Networks"
COST (European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical
Research) is a framework for scientific and technical cooperation, allowing
the co-ordination of national research at a European level. The goal of COST
is to ensure that Europe holds a strong position in the field of scientific and
technical research for peaceful purposes, by increasing European co-
operation and interaction in this field.
COST Actions consist of basic and precompetitive research as well as
activities of public utility and concentrate on some 18 areas ranging from
social sciences to natural sciences and telecommunications. Currently there
are some twenty actions in the telecommunications area one of which is
COST Action 256 and its objective is to enhance existing tools and develop
new ones supporting the modelling and simulation of new emerging
terrestrial and satellite networks.
The Action activities have been concentrated on the following areas,
identified to be of major importance within the context of the above action
objectives:
Investigations on Existing Simulation Languagesrrools: With particular
emphasis on determining the present or emerging problem areas which
cannot be satisfactorily addressed with the existing simulators and where
additional work needs to be done.
Teletraffic Modeling: With emphasis on the stochastic and nonlinear
aspects of Network Simulation, and on the "self-similar" nature of the
traffic in future broadband networks.
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Network Access: With emphasis on the modeling of mobility
management, and network protocols.
Quality of Service: QoS measures, QoS requirements.
Propagation: With emphasis on propagation models for mobile and
satellite communications, and for wideband optical networks.
Theoreticalffechnical Problems in Simulation: With emphasis on Rare
Event Simulation, andVerificationIV alidation Problems.
The studies related to the above activities are carried out by members of the
Action group, with inputs from invited experts/scientists when deemed
necessary, and are coordinated at the Management Committee meetings held
two or three times a year. Members participate in other related projects and
activities nationally and internationally (e.g. COST, 1ST, lTV, ETSI, ATM
Forum) provide opportunities for formal/informal contacts and for
dissemination of results.
The Management Committee consists of :
Chairman : Prof Dr Nejat Ince (TR)
Deputy Chair : Prof Dr Thomas Brazil (IR)
Technical Secretary : Prof Dr Ercan Topuz (TR)
Other Members : Prof Dr Miguel Calvo (ES)
Mrs Zlatica Cekro (BE)
Prof Dr Leandro de Haro (ES)
Dr Yim F. Hu (UK)
Prof Dr Gerard Maral (F)
Dr Stoyan Poryazov (BV)
Mr Vladimir Obradovic (GE)
The Management Committee decided early in the year 2000 to pick the
brains, as it were, on the subjects of interest to ACTION 256, of external
experts/scientists from other COST Actions, software houses,
telecommunications companies, universities and government research
institutions of not only the COST Countries but also of other continents. A
letter of invitation was sent out to known experts and institutions to
participate in a symposium with the major aim of harnessing ideas and
proposals for improved and new languages and tools to enable network
designers, developers and operators to model and simulate networks and
services of emerging and future telecommunications systems.
From the papers submitted twenty two were selected for presentation at the
symposium; the text of twenty one of these are included in this book. The
symposium presentations were made in four sesions as follows:
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Session 1: Modelling and Simulation
Session 2: Teletraffic Modelling
Session 3: Communication Networks Simulation
Session 4: Problems in Simulation
The contributors and their coordinates are given in the list herewith attached.
The symposium covered a wide spectrum of subjects dealing coherently with
nearly all the important aspects of simulation modeling and tools for the
design and performance evaluation of communication techniques and
systems particularly the emerging ones.
NejatINCE
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