MAN/WAN distance education topology revision through a network simulation program

Author

Castro, M. ; Agudo, E. ; Estivariz, J.F. ; Ruipérez, A. ; Domingo, M. ; Bernardez, J. ; Peire, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ciudad Univ., Madrid, Spain

fYear

1995

fDate

3-7 Jul 1995

Firstpage

426

Lastpage

430

Abstract

We review the work done to revise the actual design of the network topology which exists in the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), trying to improve and optimize the communication links used in this MAN/WAN environment, to allow the perfect and synchronized operation of the applications and people involved in the second largest University in Spain. The work was done in two different phases: in the first one we have identified the actual topology and profile of the UNED, to simulate and optimize its operation, and to try to better distribute the communication channels and links used to establish all the connections. The second phase of the work was done using a simulation of the identified topology and changing the parameters and traffic of this to optimize the performance and service required

Keywords

computer aided instruction; digital simulation; metropolitan area networks; performance evaluation; wide area networks; MAN; Spanish University for Distance Education; WAN; communication links; design; distance education topology revision; network simulation program; optimization; performance; review; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Design optimization; Distance learning; Distributed computing; Education; Network topology; Predictive models; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 1995. Theme: Electrotechnology 2000: Communications and Networks. [in conjunction with the] International Conference on Information Engineering., Proceedings of IEEE Singapore International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2579-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICON.1995.526322

Filename

526322