SIMULATION OF COMPUTER-BASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

A simulation system (200) executes on a host computer system (110) for simulating a target telecommunications system. The simulation system (200) includes a simulation kernel (231) which contains a plurality of simulation subsystems, each of the simulation subsystems corresponding to subsystems of the target telecommunications system. The simulation kernel (231) is assembled as one executable image with all simulation subsystems executing in one common process context and sharing one common execution thread. The simulation system includes a central processor simulator (234) which simulates execution of target instructions in response to commands entered through a user communication channel to the simulation kernel. The central processor simulator simulates utilization of registers of the central processor of the target telecommunication system. An internal bus of the target telecommunication system is simulated by function calls between the simulation subsystems.