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Emulation and Simulation for Testing Mobile Networks Interfaces & Protocols
Dear ,
On the Valid8 home page, users see information regarding their Simulation Toolkits and Emulators. People often ask, “what’s the difference between emulators and simulators?” While the terms are often used interchangeably, there are differences. When discussing Valid8’s Simulation toolkits and Emulators, there are clear differences in capabilities and when they are used.
Simulation and Emulation can be confusing terms. The folks over at Perforce put together a blog that discusses the differences. According to their post, “An emulator duplicates the thing exactly as it exists in real life.” while “A simulator mimics the basic behavior of a device.” In general terms, simulation typically means to generate or to give the appearance of a device behavior or scenario that doesn’t necessarily actually exist. By contrast, emulation recreates or gives the appearance of something that does exist.
From a Valid8 testing perspective, both Emulators and Simulators have important roles. For example, you may want to test how a device that you’ve manufactured will behave when making voice calls to another such device in a real network. Valid8’s Emulator products mimic a real network so that you can check for voice quality, latency and other KPI’s that are important for your testing before you connect your device to a real network.
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Tucana - Masters in Measurement
Ramon Mutsaers
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