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Objective Scenario

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Objective Scenario
VLC Server Wifi STA Router

Router

Wifi AP

VLC Client

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Goals
Study the impact of wi routing on video stream quality

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Goals
Study the impact of wi routing on video stream quality Develop new wi adhoc routing protocols

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Problem
Need simulations: Reproducibility Debuggability Testability

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Problem
Need simulations: Reproducibility Debuggability Testability Need real-world experiments: Wireless medium realism

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Problem
Need simulations: Reproducibility Debuggability Testability Need real-world experiments: Wireless medium realism BUT: Must maintain two implementations

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Manual Modications
Convert global variables in arrays

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Manual Modications
Convert global variables in arrays Convert system calls in simulation calls

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Manual Modications
Convert global variables in arrays Convert system calls in simulation calls BUT, does not scale: Painful to do once Impossible to do for software updates

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Manual Modications
Convert global variables in arrays Convert system calls in simulation calls BUT, does not scale: Painful to do once Impossible to do for software updates The solution: Direct Code Execution Automate global variable virtualization Automate system call redirection Provide simulation system call replacements
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Related Work
Network Simulation Cradle: Automated source modications for C code Hard to extend to C++

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Related Work
Network Simulation Cradle: Automated source modications for C code Hard to extend to C++ Weaves: Automated textual assembly modications Does not work in practice

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Related Work
Network Simulation Cradle: Automated source modications for C code Hard to extend to C++ Weaves: Automated textual assembly modications Does not work in practice COOJA: Automated memory virtualization Slow
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ns-3 DCE
Adhoc ELF Loader: Fast Automated memory virtualization Automated system call redirection

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ns-3 DCE
Adhoc ELF Loader: Fast Automated memory virtualization Automated system call redirection Userspace system calls

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Adhoc ELF Loader: Fast Automated memory virtualization Automated system call redirection Userspace system calls Kernelspace system calls

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Loader Performance
Scenario:
udp-perf userspace DCE Linux UDP/IP kernelspace DCE Linux UDP/IP kernelspace DCE udp-perf userspace DCE Linux UDP/IP kernelspace DCE

PointToPointLink

PointToPointLink

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Loader Performance
100000 Average packets per wall clock second Cooja dlmopen 10000

1000

100 0 10 20 30 40 50 Number of nodes 60 70

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Loader Performance
35000 Average memory usage (KB) 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 Number of nodes
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Cooja dlmopen

60

70

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System Performance
1e+06 Average packets per wall clock second dce-none dce-user dce-user+kernel 100000

10000

1000 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Number of nodes 16 18 20

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System Performance
10000 Average memory usage (KB) dce-none dce-user dce-user+kernel

1000

100 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Number of nodes 16 18 20

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Conclusion
Reuse existing protocol implementations: Userspace: ping, traceroute, quagga, etc. Kernelspace: IP, TCP, etc.

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Conclusion
Reuse existing protocol implementations: Userspace: ping, traceroute, quagga, etc. Kernelspace: IP, TCP, etc. Debugging platform: Single debugger controls all protocol instances

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Conclusion
Reuse existing protocol implementations: Userspace: ping, traceroute, quagga, etc. Kernelspace: IP, TCP, etc. Debugging platform: Single debugger controls all protocol instances Development platform

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Conclusion
Reuse existing protocol implementations: Userspace: ping, traceroute, quagga, etc. Kernelspace: IP, TCP, etc. Debugging platform: Single debugger controls all protocol instances Development platform Test platform
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Future Work
Improve userspace API coverage: fork, wait, exec Add X11 connection forwarding More testing Documentation Write paper
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