TeleSim Publications

The TeleSim group has published many papers over the years. Here is a reverse chronological listing of some of the more recently published papers. Where appropriate the title of the paper is a link to a copy of the paper.

2004

Kiddle, C., Simmonds, R., and Unger, B.W. (2004) "Performance of a Mixed Shared/Distributed Memory Parallel Network Simulator",
Cameron Kiddle, Rob Simmonds, and Brian Unger. To appear in Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS 2004), Kufstein, Austria, May.

Plan 9: An Integrated Approach to Grid Computing
Andrey Mirtchovski, Rob Simmonds, and Ron Minnich. IPDPS-04, Santa Fe, April.

2003

WestGrid: Grid Enabled Resources for Canadian Researchers
Rob Simmonds, BCnet Conference, Vancouver, April.

The WestGrid Grid Architecture
Rob Simmonds High Performance Computer Colloquium, University of Alberta, May.

WestGrid Orientation
Rob Simmonds. University of Calgary, September.

WestGrid Orientation
Rob Simmonds. University of Alberta, September.

WestGrid Orientation
Rob Simmonds. Simon Fraser University, September.

WestGrid Orientation
Rob Simmonds. University of British Columbia, September.

Grid Security
Brian Unger Information Security Executive Forum, IEC, Colorado Springs, July.

The Future of Information & Communications Technology
Brian Unger 15th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Calgary, July.

Hybrid Packet/Fluid Flow Network Simulation
Cameron Kiddle, Rob Simmonds, Carey Williamson, and Brian Unger. Proceedings of the 17th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, Part of FCRC 2003, San Diego, June, pp 143-152.

Modeling Differentiated Services in Conservative PDES
Roger Curry, Rob Simmonds, and Brian Unger. Proc. of the Winter Simulation Conf, New Orleans, December.

Towards Scalable Network Emulation
Rob Simmonds, and Brian Unger. Journal of Computer Communications, Vol 26 (3), 264-277.

2002

Addressing Scalability and Blocking in Critical Channel Traversing
Rob Simmonds, Cameron Kiddle, and Brian Unger. The Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS), May 2002.

Fast Cell Level ATM Network Simulation
Xiao, Z., Rob Simmonds, Brian Unger, and John Cleary. To appear in the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, San Diego, December 2002.

A Case Study of Web Server Benchmarking Using Parallel WAN Emulation
Carey Williamson, Rob Simmonds, and Martin Arlitt. Performance Evaluation, Vol 49 (2002), 111-127

Controlling Buffer Usage in Critical Channel Traversing
Rob Simmonds, Cameron Kiddle, Kitty Wong and Brian Unger. To appear in the 35th Annual Simulation Symposium.

2001

Towards Scalable Network Emulation
Rob Simmonds, and Brian Unger. SPIE ITCom 2001, Denver, August 2001.

Packet Reading for Network Emulation
Russell Bradford, Rob Simmonds, and Brian Unger. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'01), Cincinatti, Ohio.

ANML: A Language for Describing Networks
Cameron Kiddle, Rob Simmonds, David K. Wilson, and Brian Unger. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'01), Cincinatti, Ohio.

2000

The Performance of TCP over ATM on Lossy ADSL Networks
Guang Lu, Rob Simmonds, Z. Xiao, Brian Unger, and, Carey Williamson. LCN, 2000.

A Parallel Discrete Event IP Network Emulator
Russell Bradford, Rob Simmonds, and Brian Unger. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'00), San Francisco.

Applying Parallel Discrete Event Simulation to Network Emulation
Rob Simmonds, Russell Bradford, and Brian Unger. The 14th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS 2000). Bologna, Italy, May 28-31, 2000.

Modeling Resource Usage in Healthcare Systems
Julie Doerksen, Rob Simmonds, and Brian Unger. SCS Multiconference, San Diego.

Parallel Shared-Memory Simulator Performance for Large ATM Network Scenarios
Brian Unger, Zhong Xiao, John Cleary, J. Tsai and Carey Williamson. TOMACS.

1999

Network Simulation of IP and ATM over IP using a Discrete Event Simulator
Philip Tree. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Waikato University, NewZealand. July 1999.

Performance Modeling of Mobile Multicasting Protocols
J. Schafaedin, R. Simmonds , B. Unger and C. L. Williamson. The 11th International Conference on Wireless Communications (Wireless 99), Calgary, AB, Canada, July 12-14, 1999.

Scheduling Critical Channels in Conservative Parallel Discrete Event Simulation
Z. Xiao, B. Unger , R. Simmonds and J. Cleary . Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS99), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 1-4, 1999.

Parallel Shared-Memory Simulator Performance on Large ATM Network Scenarios
B. Unger, Z. Xiao, J. Cleary ,J. Tsai and C. L. Williamson. TOMACS (Transactions of Modelling and Computer Simulation).

1998

Network Traffic Measurements of IP/FrameRelay/ATM
C. L. Williamson and F. M. Foo. Proceedings of the Workshop on Workload Characterization in High Performance Computing Environments, Montreal, PQ, pp. 1-15, July 1998.

A New Scheme for TCP Congestion Control: Smooth Start and Dynamic Recovery
H. Wang and C. L. Williamson. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'98), Montreal, PQ, pp. 69-76, July 1998.

Statistical Multiplexing of Self-Similar Video Streams: Simulation Study and Performance Results
B. Bashforth and C. L. Williamson. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'98), Montreal, PQ, pp. 119-126, July 1998.

Parallel Simulation of ATM Networks: Case Study and Lessons Learned
C. L. Williamson, B. Unger and Z. Xiao. TeleSim technical report, April 1998.

A Performance Study of ABR Traffic Control Strategies Using the ATM-TN Simulator
C. L. Williamson. TeleSim technical report, April 1998.

Network Traffic Measurement of MBONE Over ATM
R. van Melle and C. L. Williamson. To appear in "Workload Characterization in High Performance Computing Environments", edited by G. Kotsis, University of Vienna, and published by the Austrian Computer Society. Submitted January 1998.

1997

Diagnosing a TCP/ATM Performance Problem: A Case Study.
R. van Melle, C. L. Williamson and T. Harrison. Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM'97, Phoenix, AZ, pp. 1825-1831, November 1997.

Effective Bandwidth of Self-Similar Traffic Sources: Theoretical and Simulation Results
A. Patel and C. L. Williamson. Proceedings of the IASTED Conference on Applied Modeling and Simulation (AMS'97), Banff, AB, pp. 298-302, July 1997.

Statistical Multiplexing of Self-Similar Traffic Sources: Theoretical and Simulation Results
A. Patel and C. L. Williamson. TeleSim technical report, May 1997.

1996

Language Based State Saving Extensions for Optimistic Parallel Simulation.
F. Gomes, B. Unger and J. Cleary. Proceedings of the 1996 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'96), Coronado, California.

TCP over ATM: Simulation Model and Performance Results.
R. Gurski and C. L. Williamson. Proceedings of the 15th Annual IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications, Phoenix, AZ, pp. 328-335, March 27-29, 1996.

1995

A High Fidelity ATM Traffic and Network Simulator.
B. Unger, F. Gomes, Z. Xiao, P. Gburzynski, T. Ono-Tesfaye, S. Ramaswamy, C. L. Williamson and A. Covington. Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'95), Arlington, Virginia, pp. 996-1003, December 1995.

SimKit: A High Performance Logical Process Simulation Class Library in C++.
F. Gomes, S. Franks, B. Unger, Z. Xiao, J. Cleary and A. Covington. Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'95), Arlington, Virginia, pp. 706-713, December 1995.

Modelling ATM networks in a parallel simulation environment: a case study.
P. Gburzynski, Ono-Tesfaye and S. Ramaswamy. Proceedings of the 1995 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'95), Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 869-874, July 1995.

Traffic Modeling in the ATM-TN TeleSim Project: Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation.
M. Arlitt, Y. Chen, R. Gurski and C. L. Williamson. Proceedings of the 1995 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'95), Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 847-851, July 1995.

A Model for Self-Similar Ethernet LAN Traffic: Design, Implementation, and Performance Implications.
Y. Chen, Z. Deng, and C. L. Williamson. Proceedings of the 1995 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'95), Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 831-837, July 1995.

A Synthetic Workload Model for Internet Mosaic Traffic.
M. Arlitt and C. L. Williamson. Proceedings of the 1995 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'95), Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 852-857, July 1995.

A Fast Asynchronous GVT Algorithm for Shared Memory Multiprocessor Architectures.
Z. Xiao, F. Gomes, B. Unger and J. Cleary. Proceedings of the 1995 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS95), Lake Placid, New York, June 14-16, 1995.

Report on WarpKit Perfomance Study and Improvement.
Z. Xiao and B. Unger. Computer Science Department Technical Report: 98/628/19, May 1995.

Notes on Parallelizing ATM-TN Cell-level Simulation Models.
Z. Xiao. Computer Science Department Technical Report: 98/628/20, May 1995.

1994

ATM-TN System Design
B. Unger, M. Arlitt, P. Gburzynski, F. Gomes, R. Gurski, T. Ono-Tesfaye, S. Ramaswamy, C. L. Williamson and Xiao Zhong. WurcNet Inc. Technical Report, September 1994.