NetBoxIT: An open testbed for heterogeneous networks study

This paper presents a novel approach to the study of heterogeneous networks. NetBoxIT is a modular, and scalable testbed based on virtualized network emulators. These can be interconnected and run in parallel to reproduce complex networks scenarios within a shared, multi-core hardware platform. We examine the testbed performance with simple emulation trials (related to the reference Emergency Network under study within the EU 7th FP project “A holistic approach towards the development of the first responder of the future”), to verify its realism in assessing multipart networks evaluations.