Motivations for the test-bed
Concentrate in a small scale the most commonly found problems in large communication networks
- end-to-end IP support
- heterogeneity of access technologies
- heterogeneity of access throughputs
- very high-speed, reliable core network
- lower-bandwidth access network and end equipment.
Provide a controlled environment for testing and validating network protocols
- high-performance active network execution framework
- deployment of active codes
- performances of active multicast mechanisms
- DiffServ QoS
- end-to-end user performance