The advancement of software-defined networking (SDN) technology is highly dependent on
the successful transformations from in-house research ideas to real-life products. To enable …

Network emulation brings together the strengths of network simulation (scalability, modeling
flexibility) and real-world software prototypes (realistic analysis). Unfortunately network …

We present TimeKeeper: a simple lightweight approach to embedding Linux containers
(LXC) in virtual time. Each container can be directed to progress in virtual time either more …

Simulation and emulation are commonly used to study the behavior of communication
networks, owing to the cost and complexity of exploring new ideas on actual networks …

P4's data-plane programmability allows for highly customizable and programmable packet
processing, enabling rapid innovation in network applications, such as virtualization …

Network emulation allows unmodified code execution on lightweight containers to enable
accurate and scalable networked application testing. However, such testbeds cannot …

Integration of emulation and simulation in virtual time requires that emulated execution
bursts be ascribed a duration in virtual time and that emulated execution and simulation …

Container-based network emulation offers high fidelity and a scalable testing environment to
bridge the gap between research ideas and real-world network applications. However …

Container-based network emulation provides an accurate, flexible, and cost-effective
application design and evaluation testing environment. Enabling virtual time to processes …

Network emulators enable rapid prototy** and testing of applications. In a typical
emulation the execution order and process execution burst lengths are managed by the host …