A SCALABLE AND REUSABLE EMULATOR FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF SS7 NETWORKS

Authors
LAZAR AA TSENG KH LIM KS CHOE W
Citation
Aa. Lazar et al., A SCALABLE AND REUSABLE EMULATOR FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF SS7 NETWORKS, IEEE journal on selected areas in communications, 12(3), 1994, pp. 395-404
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Telecommunications,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE journal on selected areas in communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
07338716
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
395 - 404
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8716(1994)12:3<395:ASAREF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A scalable and reusable emulator was designed and implemented for stud ying the behavior of SS7 networks. The emulator design was largely bas ed on public domain software. It was developed on top of an environmen t supported by PVM, the Parallel Virtual Machine, and managed by OSIMI S-the OSI Management Information Service platform. The emulator runs o n top of a commercially available ATM LAN interconnecting engineering workstations. As a case study for evaluating the emulator, the behavio r of the Singapore National SS7 Network under fault and unbalanced loa ding conditions was investigated.