Use of communication architecture test bed to evaluate data network performance
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
Local area networks (LANs) are becoming more prevalent in nuclear power plants. Traditionally, LANs were only used as information highways, providing office automation services. LANs are now being used as data highways for applications in plant data acquisition and control systems. A communication architecture test bed, which contains network simulators, is needed to allow network performance studies and to resolve design issues prior to equipment purchase. Two levels of granularity of simulation are needed to provide the dynamic information about network performance. A coarse-grain simulator is used to estimate the dynamic performance of the network due to major resources such as workstations, gateways, and data acquisition systems. A fine-grain simulator allows a greater level of detail about the underlying network protocol and resources to be simulated. The combination of coarse-grain and fine-grain simulation packages provides the network designer with the required tools to thoroughly understand the behavior of the modeled network. This paper describes the development of a communication architecture test bed using commercial network simulation packages. Network simulators allow the resolution of major design issues in software without the expense of purchasing costly hardware components.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10185472
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9408170-1; ON: DE95000491; TRN: 94:020276
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Distributed digital systems workshop on plant process computer and networks,Charlotte, NC (United States),16-18 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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