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Co-Opting Linux Processes for High-Performance Network Simul
24 Jul 2026
Co-Opting Linux Processes for High-Performance Network Simulation (2022)
What happened
- Phantom, a novel tool for conducting distributed system experiments, was presented.
- The paper on Phantom was awarded Best Paper.
- Rob Jansen from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is an author.
- Jim Newsome from Tor Project is an author.
- Ryan Wails from Georgetown University and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is an author.
- The paper was presented at the 2022 USENIX Annual Technical Conference.
- The conference took place in July.
- Phantom is up to 2.2× faster than Shadow in large P2P benchmarks.
- Phantom is up to 3.4× faster than NS-3 in large P2P benchmarks.
- Phantom is up to 43× faster than gRaIL in large P2P benchmarks.
- Shadow is a competing network simulation tool.
- NS-3 is a competing network simulation tool.
- gRaIL is a competing network simulation tool.
Numbers
- Phantom is up to 2.2× faster than Shadow in large P2P benchmarks. (2.2)
- Phantom is up to 3.4× faster than NS-3 in large P2P benchmarks. (3.4)
- Phantom is up to 43× faster than gRaIL in large P2P benchmarks. (43)
Why founders should care
- May indicate faster shipping cycles for teams adopting the new tools.