Patent ID: 8407038

Claim:
A method, implemented using a computer system comprising a processor and a memory, for simulating a communications network through objects that model respective network devices, comprising the steps of: simulating, using the computer, through said objects, the supply of network services to a plurality of simulated network users according to respective quality of service profiles, wherein the simulating comprises: selectively associating some of the objects with respective simulated network users; selectively associating, using the computer, each of the plurality of simulated network users with a respective quality of service profile, of the plurality of quality of service profiles, wherein the associated quality of service profiles describe quality requirements of objects associated with the simulated network users; selectively identifying, using the computer, for each of said objects, at least one quality of service profile; dynamically configuring said objects, using the computer, to simulate the supply of the service to at least one of the plurality of simulated network users corresponding to said selectively identified quality of service profile; and dynamically varying the services to the at least one simulated network user, using the computer, by setting values of different parameters defining the at least one quality of service profile associated with the at least one simulated network user, wherein the steps are applied for simulating networks comprising a plurality of mobile terminals cooperating with blocks or network devices, and wherein the simulated network user comprises one of the plurality of mobile terminals for receiving network services.