BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR96-299
ENTRY:: November 04, 1996
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: A Critique of the Telecommunications Description Language (TeD)
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 3
AUTHOR:: Premore, Brian J.
AUTHOR:: Nicol, David M.
AUTHOR:: Liu, Xiaowen
DATE:: November 1996 
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: Compressed Postscript at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR96-299.ps.Z
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR96-299.pdf
ABSTRACT:: 
TeD is an object-oriented description language designed to facilitate
the modeling of large scale telecommunication networks, with
simulation on parallel and distributed platforms. TeD models are
mapped to the Georgia Tech Time Warp engine (GTW) for execution.  In
this paper we outline the features of TeD, pointing out its strengths
and identifying characteristics that gave us trouble as we used TeD to
model detailed networks.  Our issues are motivated specifically by a
model of TCP and a model of multicast resource allocation.  Our
intention is to illustrate by example what TeD can do, and
characteristics that a potential TeD user should be aware of.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR96-299