Optimization aspects in network simulation

A primary goal of AOSD in the context of systems software has been to permit improved modularity without significantly degrading performance. Optimizations represent important crosscutting concerns in this context but also a significant challenge due to their fine-grained nature. This paper investigates how well the current state-of-the-art in AOSD can support such optimization aspects, via a case study involving an optimized network simulator, IP-TN. Duplication of optimizations achieved via low-level modifications to IP-TN in C++ have been attempted via aspectization of those optimizations in AspectC++. While comparable run-time performance is achieved with AspectC++ and (un)pluggability is clearly simpler, the effects on comprehensibility are less clear. Categories and Subject Descriptors: C.2.1 [ComputerCommunication Networks]: Network Architecture and Design—Simulation and emulation; C.4 [Computer Systems Organization]: Performance of Systems; D.2.7 [Software Engi

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: AOSD
• Authors: Jamal Siadat, Robert J. Walker, Cameron Kiddle
• Keywords: AOSD, AOSD 2006, Comparable Run-time Performance, Important Crosscutting Concerns, Software Engineering