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Customer testimonial:
CEA relies on N2Nsoft for the optimization by simulation of an Ultra High Performance network
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Scalable Network Simulation
N2Nsoft brings a comprehensive suite of next-generation engineering and technology services and tools. It allows operators of modern telecommunication networks to keep control of their business: minimize capital and operational costs and maximize the end-customer's Quality of Experience. Network evolution towards an all-IP architecture that delivers services with radically different quality requirements creates new engineering challenges. They require new skills and new tools.
N2Nsoft brings an industry unique telecommunication expertise that leverage both a profound understanding of the fundamentals of network design and a vast experience of actual network engineering. N2Nsoft also provides NetScale™, a scalable, fast and accurate network simulation tool. It can simulate networks of any size, from local areas, to large nationwide operators networks.
Major network operators and equipment vendors, defense or researh organizations have relied on N2Nsoft to develop innovative networking solutions, to optimize their network from end-to-end or to plan it both for business and technology evolution.
Typical NetScale™ applications
Running experiments in the networkThe network is accurately described within NetScale™. Realistic traffic is simulated into it. The simulated network becomes a powerful experimental environment. Large scale experiments can be conducted in the (simulated) network. Network design for Quality of ExperienceEnd-user behaviors, applications, transport layers are accurately simulated. Extensive traffic statistics are produced. The most relevant metrics for the end-user Quality of Experience can be produced. Network can be designed with real business objectives. Capacity planning, new service launch assessmentOn an accurate representation of the actual network, traffic growth scenarios are simulated. A regular increase because of growth of the customer base or a strong traffic growth triggered by a promotional offer or a new specific traffic created by a new IP application can be tested in the network. Quality degradation is quantified. Bottlenecks are identified. Architecture or technology evolution scenarios are assessed to define the best evolution path. Radio network planning and optimizationEnd-user traffic is realistically simulated within large areas where radio coverage has been accurately assessed with a radio planning tool. Drive tests are simulated highlighting such effects as TCP slow-start at cell change. The full dynamics of traffic is reproduced. It highlights the effects of radio fluctuations due to speed and interference. Network optimizationThe network is simulated with realistic traffic. Features and parameters of network equipments are assessed and tuned for best performances. A range of traffic profiles are simulated for sensitivity analysis to produce robust engineering rules. Network equipment design under full load and realistic network environmentNetScale™ is used in the product design phase by the R&D team as a development environment. The equipment is modeled. Software modules with new product features are linked to NetScale™?. They are tested under high and realistic traffic loads. Features are fine-tuned for best performances. The equipment is dimensioned under high traffic loads. Engineering rules are produced. Network engineering servicesNetScale™ is used by providers of network engineering services. Its versatility allows it to be used to address almost any topics. Thus it provides a common work environment for the teams. Economies of scales are achieved. Greater efficiency is obtained by maximized synergies among the engineers. |
HSDPA, WiMax, IPTV, IMS, VoIP, xDSL simulation, enterprise applications
These are just a few examples : the network technologies that are being planned and deployed today can be addressed with NetScale™. This is because the heart of the simulation engine is an efficient packet processing engine that applies packet management algorithms regardless of the specific networking technology. These are naturally simulated with specific add-on modules or by appropriate combination of a library of network building blocks.
Equipment vendors, Network Operators, Enterprises, University, Research
Any organization involved with network engineering can benefit from NetScale™: business savings can be obtained day one by designing at once the right equipment, the most business relevant network, the enterprise network that will accomodate migration to VoIP without compromising critical business processes. Network courses can be taught with powerful demonstrations and hands-on exercises on large-scale networks, research can be efficiently conducted with a powerful analysis environment.
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Scalability:
The simulation time and memory requirements of NetScale™? grow linearly with traffic, whereas they grow exponentially with traditional tools ? with major impact on engineering efficiency. This simulation example illustrates the performance N2Nsoft's technology. Computation savings depend on the actual simulation case. |
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