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VisNet Delivers the Realism and Ease of Google Earth-like
Visualization Powered By the World's Most Advanced Network
Simulation Engine
- New network design tool accelerates fixed and mobile
network prototyping with realistic imaging, intuitive
click-and-drag setup, and powerful QualNet simulation
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| Los Angeles, CA (August 3, 2009)--- Scalable Network
Technologies, Inc. (SNT), the leader in wireless
network simulation and emulation, announced the
introduction of VisNet™, a new network design tool
that enables planning and deployment teams to quickly
visualize, design, and optimize the performance
of mobile ad-hoc networks. VisNet is the first planning
tool for mobile wireless networks that combines
the processing muscle of QualNet®, the world’s most
advanced high fidelity network simulation technology,
with high-definition 3D visualization technology
from ESRI’s
ArcView GIS platform. |
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| VisNet enables non-cyberspecialist users to view
and quickly grasp the mechanics of the network, then
easily construct simulated networks for operations planning
and review. No network protocol knowledge is needed;
users just click-and-drag components from a pre-populated
list of devices and applications. The tool supports
networks of tens, hundreds or thousands of devices.
Once high-level simulations are configured and computed,
full-motion high definition visualization, network topology
graphs, and packet throughput graphs are played out
simultaneously.
The breakthrough power of VisNet lies in the embedded
SNT QualNet simulation technology, which has been stripped
of the technical complexities of network construction
for ease of use by non-technical teams. This creates
a front-end planning tool that makes it possible to
directly output scenario files to advanced simulation
and emulation tools for later-stage test, evaluation
and deployment.
“Our customers were asking for a simple to use tool
for quick network set-up and analysis,” says Dirk Eastman,
VP of marketing and sales for SNT. “VisNet demystifies
network planning by providing preset network parameters
and rich visualization, and also allows users to directly
export their promising network designs into QualNet
or EXata for further evaluation. The time savings is
dramatic.”
Network components and dynamics modeled in VisNet include:
Network Information
- wired links
- wireless links – 802.11 & abstract radio devices
- LANs/WANs/MANs
- logical relationships of nodes such as user-definable
subnets
- pre-defined network entities: vehicles, aircraft,
buildings, ships
- pre-defined devices: hubs, switches, routers, computers
- enterprise applications such as VoIP, web browsing,
email, chat, video
- network management applications
Environmental Information
- terrain effects (surface, mobility, weather)
- latitude/longitude
- standard QualNet signal propagation models – pathloss,
shadowing, fading
VisNet also supports the ArcView API, thus enabling
other ArcView-based GIS applications to interface with
VisNet. VisNet is available in Defense, Commercial/Enterprise,
and Cellular Network versions. VisNet Defense is shipping
now, and the other versions will be available in late
2009. Optional add-on modules allow users to configure
a variety of commercial and military communication networks.
VisNet runs on the Windows operating system. |
