Multi-Layer Network Engineering and Optimization (MuLaNEO)

Features

• Multi-layer network visualization based on MuLaViTo
• Multi-layer exchange format import and export
• Situation-aware menus toggling entries that are not available/allowed
• Using JFreeChart for illustrations
  • PlotPanel that may react on events fired by algorithms and
    exports data as CSV and figure as SVG
• JUnits
• Export and import of character separated values (CSV)
• Ant-based build scripts with automatic downloads of dependencies
• Topology import/export in various formats: GML, GraphML, SNDlib (via optional plugin)
• Traffic Generators
  • static and dynamic traffic
  • homogeneous
  • population-based
• Network design algorithms
• Network provisioning algorithms
  • Path Computation Element (PCE)
  • Traffic Engineering Database
• Population Generators
  • CSV import
  • homogeneous

Requirements

• Java 7 or higher, http://www.openjdk.org or http://java.oracle.com
• MuLaViTo v0.9.1 or higher, http://mulavito.sf.net
  • Using ANT, this will be automatically downloaded
• JFreeChart 1.0.13 or higher, http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart
  • Using ANT, this will be automatically downloaded
• JUnit 4.5 or higher (for unit testing only), http://www.junit.org
  • E.g. built into Eclipse
  • Using ANT (runtest.xml), this will be automatically downloaded

Optional Extensions

• SNDlib support via SNDlibIO plugin
  • Note that SNDlib's license restricts usage to academic purposes.
    You will be asked to accept SNDlib's ZIB academic license
    http://sndlib.zib.de/public-dist/LICENSE.txt
  • Download SNDlibIO source archive
  • Extract source and execute build.xml ANT script
  • Place the resulting SNDlib.jar and SNDlibIO.jar in
    • For use in Eclipse: In the projects root folder
    • For use with JARs: In the folder where the MuLaNEO JARs are placed

Basic Structure

The Java package hierarchy of MuLaNEO is structured as follows:

• ''AUTHORS'' -- A list of contributors to this software and their affiliations
• ''COPYING'' -- The license information (GPL, LGPL)
• ''README'' -- This file
• ''TODO'' -- Further improvements
• ''src''
  • ''img'' -- project images and icons
  • ''mulaneo'' -- main source package
    • ''algorithms'' -- routing, optimization and validating algorithms
    • ''graph'' -- multi-layer data structure for project
    • ''gui'' -- all components and user interfaces
    • ''io'' -- Importers and Exporters
    • ''model'' -- network equipment and meta data
    • ''provisioning'' -- network optimization routines
    • ''resilience'' -- classes for creating fail safe networks
    • ''resources'' -- classes for link resources
    • ''traffic'' -- modeling of traffic for a network
    • ''utils'' -- everything else
  • ''tests'' -- JUnit tests, usually not exported
  • ''topologies'' -- physical layer topologies and meta data
  • ''XML'' -- CAPEX models
• ''evaluations'' -- statistical measures
• ''build.xml'' -- ANT that creates JARs for end user execution
• ''runtest.xml'' -- Sets up and runs a given JUnit test

GUI Events

The following GUI classes subscribe specific GUI events of MuLaViTo:

• mulaneo.gui.GUI:
  subscribes the Viewers event of the graphpanel
• mulaneo.gui.component.RealizationTreePanel:
  subscribes LayerStack propertychange event of given graphpanel
• mulaneo.gui.component.DynamicPanel:
  subscribes LayerStack propertychange event of given graphpanel
  subscribes ChangeEvent of dynamic trafficmatrix by traversing
  up the given layerstack
• mulaneo.gui.component.FailurePanel:
  subscribes LayerStack propertychange event of given graphpanel
  subscribes ChangeEvent of dynamic failurematrix by traversing
  up the given layerstack
• mulaneo.gui.component.SelectionTreePanel:
  subscribes LayerStack propertychange event of given graphpanel