SIMULATORS OF VOIP TRAFFIC IN P2P NETWORKS

Abstract

This study is included in a research programme developed by the authors at the University of Studies in Camerino for the construction of traffic flow simulators in computer and telecommunication networks [1–4]. The article contains the definition of a library of object types whose architecture is based on the queue networks, for a simulation of the VOIP traffic in P2P networks. Basing on this library, we simulate the traffic in a P2P network that is locally implemented with three different technology types: 1. Fast Ethernet, 2. Wireless, 3. ADSL2+. In this context, we simulate traffic flows due to file-sharing applications in the network and due to voice communications through the VOIP technology. Thus, we evaluate the impact of the VOIP traffic for procedures of file-sharing in a P2P network.

Keywords

• traffic simulators
• queuing networks
• P2P networks
• VOIP traffic