G. Wang, L. Bölöni, D. Turgut, and D. Marinescu

Time-parallel simulation of wireless ad hoc networks with compressed history


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G. Wang, L. Bölöni, D. Turgut, and D. Marinescu. Time-parallel simulation of wireless ad hoc networks with compressed history. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), 69(2):168–179, February 2009.

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Abstract:

Time-parallel simulation (TPS) is a simulation technique which partitions the timespan of the simulation into independently executed simulation segments. Unless the simulated process is regenerative, the output of TPS is only an approximation of the corresponding serial simulation. In previous work, we have adapted TPS to the simulation of wireless ad hoc networks. By prefixing the measured simulation segment with a warmup interval which can be dynamically extended, we were able to achieve arbitrary accuracy. In general, higher accuracy requires a longer warmup interval, which decreases the speedup. In this paper we introduce compressed history, a technique which improves the performance of TPS for a class of processes which require long warmup intervals to achieve satisfactory accuracy. Compressed history replaces part of the warmup interval, and speeds up the simulation by retaining only those past events that affect significantly the state at the beginning of the measured interval. We present compressed history in general terms, and provide a detailed description of its implementation, tuning and performance results for the concrete example of the DSDV proactive ad hoc routing protocol.

BibTeX:

@article{Wang-2009-JPDC,
author = "G. Wang and L. B{\"o}l{\"o}ni and D. Turgut and D. Marinescu",
title = "Time-parallel simulation of wireless ad hoc networks with compressed history",
journal = "Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC)",
year = "2009",
month = "February",
volume = "69",
number = "2",
pages = "168--179",
abstract = {
  Time-parallel simulation (TPS) is a simulation technique which
  partitions the timespan of the simulation into independently
  executed simulation segments. Unless the simulated process is
  regenerative, the output of TPS is only an approximation of the
  corresponding serial simulation. In previous work, we have adapted
  TPS to the simulation of wireless ad hoc networks. By prefixing the
  measured simulation segment with a warmup interval which can be
  dynamically extended, we were able to achieve arbitrary accuracy.
  In general, higher accuracy requires a longer warmup interval,
  which decreases the speedup.
  In this paper we introduce compressed history, a technique which
  improves the performance of TPS for a class of processes which
  require long warmup intervals to achieve satisfactory accuracy.
  Compressed history replaces part of the warmup interval, and speeds
  up the simulation by retaining only those past events that affect
  significantly the state at the beginning of the measured interval.
  We present compressed history in general terms, and provide a
  detailed description of its implementation, tuning and performance
  results for the concrete example of the DSDV proactive ad hoc
  routing protocol.
 },
}

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