The Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse has awarded Accipiter Systems a grant for OPNET Modeling and Simulation of a Payload and Protocol Agnostic Switch Router.  This proposed research develops models for a high capacity, payload and protocol agnostic switch router node, and then simulates MPLS running on a network built from these switch router nodes.  OPNET Modeler is the industry's leading network technology development environment, allowing for the design and study of communication networks, devices, protocols, and applications.

The deliverables include the simulation models for a high capacity switch router.  These models include the policing, shaping, and queuing scheduler of the switch router.  The project will take 12 months to complete.  OPNET Technologies, Inc. is providing matching funds.

The Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse is a nonprofit organization whose members include the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a consortium of member firms, and three leading Pennsylvania Universities.