Development of the flexible and general IP evaluation tool STAGE

Recently, because of the expansion of TCP/IP networks, the evaluation of IP networks is being considered as a major task for network operators and adm inistrators. As a result, many IP evaluation tools have appeared, but almos t all of them can only be applied to a limited purpose. The authors have al ready developed an IP evaluation tool, called KITS (KDD Internet Test Syste m) [1] that can generate flexible load traffic. Based on KITS, the authors have now developed a new IP measurement tool. This paper describes the flex ible and general IP evaluation tool, STAGE (Simulated Traffic Analyzer/gene rator for General Evaluation).