Interfacing Simulations with Live Devices and Traffic Using OPNET's ...

1578 Interfacing Simulations with Live Devices and Traffic Using OPNET's System-in-the-LoopBenefits of SITL ─ Why Use It?• Interoperability…an intermediate, natural step between testing anetwork device or protocol entirely in simulation and building a realprototype or production device and testing it separately• Some sample use cases:• See the effects of a simulated network on a real application• Use simulation as a traffic generator to load a real network• Control or interrogate simulated nodes externally• Test a new protocol running on a prototype device with simulated devicesrunning the same protocol• Test the performance of a new protocol being developed by driving realnetwork traffic over a simulated network• Scalability – augment a network of a few nodes with a large number ofsimulated nodes• Any other use cases from the audience?CONFIDENTIAL ─ RESTRICTED ACCESS: This information may not be disclosed, copied, or transmitted in any format without the prior written consent of OPNET Technologies, Inc. © 2010 OPNET Technologies, Inc.6