Predicting FDDI computer network performance using a calibrated software simulation model

This report discusses two related activities. The first is the development of a software simulation that predicts the performance of a computer network under different loading conditions. The second is the validation of that simulation. The simulation model is configured to match a laboratory computer network, and each is subjected to similar traffic. The goal of these activities is to establish the credibility of the simulation, which will be used to predict message latency performance, host-to-host, in more complex tactical system architectures planned for Navy use on AEGIS class ships.