Interactive communication system simulation on a high-speed PC workstation

Author

Matis, Kurt R. ; Modestino, James W.

Author_Institution

MODCOM Inc., Ballston Lake, NY, USA

Volume

6

Issue

1

fYear

1988

fDate

1/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

33

Abstract

The design, operation, and capabilities of a workstation-communications-simulation software system (WCS) for interactive simulation of point-to-point digital communication links is described. The system is based on Fortran-77 and is hosted on an IBM PC/AT or compatible microcomputer. At the heart of the system is a single-board floating-point array processor that provide approximately three orders of magnitude increase in computational throughput over operations performed in the AT alone. A description is given of how a unique method of interfacing to a PC host allows considerable flexibility in partitioning a simulation problem for execution on an attached processor. The WCS system is a highly graphics-oriented system using the latest advances in interactive color workstation technology

Keywords

IBM computers; computer graphics; computer interfaces; digital simulation; engineering workstations; microcomputer applications; parallel processing; satellite computers; telecommunications computing; Fortran-77; computational throughput; graphics-oriented system; high-speed PC workstation; interactive color workstation technology; interactive simulation; interfacing; point-to-point digital communication links; single-board floating-point array processor; workstation-communications-simulation software system; Communication system control; Computational modeling; Control systems; Costs; Digital simulation; Hardware; Microcomputers; Signal processing; Throughput; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.192726

Filename

192726