Features virtualization software telecommunications networks by means of simulation Riverbed Modeler

The article defines the characteristic features of the operation of elements of the telecommunications network through the use of modem simulation tools. Found that processes data in telecommunication networks are subject to certain rules and governed by the principles of operation of the relevant intermediate network devices — switches and routers, which provide specific algorithms in software. In the theoretical part of the paper, the most common classes of modeling telecommunication networks are considered. Revealed that in telecommunications the most relevant class modeling is simulation, and one of the most common approaches to the implementation of this class is emulation — a process most accurate reproduction of a real prototype system, in terms of virtualization using emulators or software-based systems created on their basis. The results of the study received most comfortable with counting functionality in virtualization and management of telecommunications networks is an American product Riverbed Modeler.