Traffic Modelling Challenges on 10 Gbit/s Links Using Netmap Platform
Hasan Redžović, Zoran Čiča, Aleksandra Smiljanić · 2018
Network devices are using growing number of 10 Gbit/s links. Such throughput upgrade imposes new challenges on creating high speed packet generators that can provide real network conditions. Traffic generators implemented as software solutions have challenges in achieving required performance, as they are commonly using kernel network stack for packet I/O. We describe different techniques for implementing Poisson traffic model in software-based traffic generator that is using netmap API as fast packet I/O.