Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Biplab Sikdar

Boleslaw Szymanski

Shivkumar Kalyanaraman

Ye Tao

David Harrison

Bin Mo

Kenneth Vastola

Jingjie Jiang

A collaborative on-line simulation system and method to provide automated and pro-active control functions for computer network. In a wide area network, clients communicate through one or several nodes (). Each node () contains routers which include control plane () and data plane (). Collaborative on-line simulators () are interfaced to the network nodes () and continuously monitor the surrounding network conditions, communicate with other simulators and execute collaborative on-line simulation. Based on the simulation results, the on-line simulators () continuously tune selected network parameters to a more efficient operation point to fit the current network conditions.

Network management and control using collaborative on-line simulation

Growing community of inventors

Troy, NY, United States of America

Biplab Sikdar