Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating simulated network traffic using different traffic flows and maintaining a configured distribution of traffic between the different traffic flows and a device under test

A method for generating simulated network traffic using a plurality of different traffic flows and maintaining a configured distribution between the flows and a device under test, the method comprising:

• at a network emulator:
• determining a number of operations per flow for each of a plurality of flows that generate simulated network traffic between the flows and a device under test;
• determining a desired traffic distribution among the traffic generated by the traffic flows;
• assigning a weight to each flow that determines the number of times to execute each flow during execution of a batch of flows;
• and
• executing the flows in batches according to the assigned weights to generate the desired distribution of traffic between the different flows and the device under test, wherein executing the flows in batches comprises executing the batches in parallel such that the configured distribution is maintained within each batch boundary.

A method for generating simulated network traffic using a plurality of different traffic flows and maintaining a configured distribution between the flows and a device under test, the method comprising:

• at a network emulator:
• determining a number of operations per flow for each of a plurality of flows that generate simulated network traffic between the flows and a device under test;
• determining a desired traffic distribution among the traffic generated by the traffic flows;
• assigning a weight to each flow that determines the number of times to execute each flow during execution of a batch of flows;
• executing the flows in batches according to the assigned weights to generate the desired distribution of traffic between the different flows and the device under test;
• and
• monitoring the number of operations per flow and automatically updating the weights in response to changes in the number of operations per flow.

A system for generating simulated network traffic using a plurality of different traffic flows and maintaining a configured distribution between the flows and a device under test, the system comprising:

• plurality of traffic flows that generate simulated network traffic between the flows and a device under test;
• and
• a traffic flow execution controller for determining a number of operations per flow for each of the traffic flows, for determining a desired traffic distribution among the traffic generated by the traffic flows, for assigning a weight to each flow that determines the number of times to execute each flow during execution of a batch of flows, and for executing the flows in batches according to the assigned weights to generate the desired distribution of traffic between the different flows and the device under test;
• wherein each of the weights indicates a number of times to execute a flow in a given batch and wherein executing the flows in batches includes executing each flow wi times in a given batch, where wi is the weight that defines the number of times for executing the ith flow in a batch to achieve the desired traffic distribution.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:

• determining a number of operations per flow for each of a plurality of flows that generate simulated network traffic between the flows and a device under test;
• determining a desired traffic distribution among the traffic generated by the traffic flows;
• assigning a weight to each flow that determines the number of times to execute each flow during execution of a batch of flows;
• and
• executing the flows in batches according to the assigned weights to generate the desired distribution of traffic between the different flows and the device under test;
• wherein each of the weights indicates a number of times to execute a flow in a given batch and wherein executing the flows in batches includes executing each flow wi times in a wen batch where wi is the weight that defines the number of times for executing the ith flow in a batch to achieve the desired traffic distribution.