A Novel Network Damage Simulator Calibration Method

In this work, we propose a new method to calibrate network damage simulator, based on universal counter and frame header trigger (FHT). Traceable measurements on parameters of delay, jitter and packet drop can be fulfilled, and measurement uncertainty at a sub-microsecond level is achieved. An experimental system is established to calibrate a typical network damage simulator with specific damages in the 1000M Ethernet mode, and the uncertainty of measurement is analyzed. Compared with traditional method with network tester, this new calibration method can trace back to time and frequency with a small measurement uncertainty, and solve the calibration of jitter parameter.