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Channel Emulator
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Overview
The Channel Emulator (CE) is a software-based network testing tool. Its primary functions are providing data framing services, acting as a flexible protocol gateway, and providing network emulation capabilities. The software caneasily accept one protocol, optionally extract the payload, send out as different protocol, or encapsulate one in another. It can also introduce delays up to deep space levels, and introduce bit errors and other link degradations.