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Abstract:

The complex and dynamic feature of the Internet requires a scalable and eective network control. In this paper, a collaborative on-line simulation scheme is proposed to provide the automated and pro-active control functions for the networks. This scheme introduces autonomous on-line simulators into local networks, which continuously monitor the surrounding network conditions, collect the relevant information, communicate with other simulators and execute collaborative on-line simulation. Based on the simulation results, the on-line simulators keep tuning up the network parameters to the better operation point to t the current network situation. In this paper, we describe the basic concept of this scheme, investigate the solutions to the challenges, faced in the realization of this scheme, in areas such as network modeling, on-line simulation and parameter search. We also discuss the applicability of this scheme, and present the simulation results under ns and the test results of a preliminary implementation in the real network. These results are very promising and encouraging for realizing an automated and eective network control. 1

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