VISTA: a configurable visualization and simulation tool for ATM switches

VISTA, a configurable visualization and simulation tool, is designed to show the dynamic behavior of ATM switches. VISTA provides builtin support for two simulated switching architectures (tandem Banyan and shared bus), a parametric traffic generating model, four output buffering schemes (no buffering, pushout, buffer sharing, and selective discarding), and an interactive graphical user interface. A user can add additional switching architectures through the configurable interface that the tool provides, and VISTA allows the user to make an MPEG movie of the visualization for later viewing and analysis.