Galileo: a Tool for Simulation and Analysis of Real-Time Networks

		  E. Knightly and G. Ventre

            International Computer Science Institute

                       Berkeley, CA

                        April 1992


Galileo is a flexible tool for simulation of heterogeneous 
real-time communication networks and for development and 
verification of network protocols. Galileo provides 
several unique features that make it particularly suitable
for the simulation and analysis of networks that provide 
quality-of-service guarantees. First, its object-oriented 
programming environment provides the means for a modular, 
hierarchical, heterogeneous description of networks. Second, 
its multimedia device interface provides the tools for a 
qualitative analysis of network protocols. Finally, Galileo's 
network interface provides interaction with actual networks 
to access real data and simulate realistic multimedia scenarios.