Designing and implementing a simulator for P2P networks

摘要

Despite the increase of research on P2P network, the methods to commit tests for evaluation is insufficient. Existing network simulators do not support application level routing, making simulations based on various parameters difficult. We present a simulation model with support for application level routing, and have implemented a prototype, the "N3 Simulator". With the N3 Simulator, users can simulate P2P networks using approximate values and obtain values similar to those obtained in real world experiments. Also, users can easily perform tuning with algorithms and systems built for P2P networks.