Simulation of a Class of Ring-Structured Networks

Author

Jafari, Hossein ; Lewis, T.G. ; Spragins, John D.

Author_Institution

Department of Computer Science, National University of Iran

Issue

5

fYear

1980

fDate

5/1/1980 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

385

Lastpage

392

Abstract

This paper presents a new modular loop/ring architecture combining advantages of several earlier centralized and decentralized ring-structured loop networks while remaining simple. This is accomplished by introducing two major innovations: first, use of a separate control loop for control messages flowing between nodes and a loop controller; second, dynamically implementing partitionable segments between adjacent nodes and treating them as separate links for data transmission.

Keywords

Computer communications; computer network; distributed control; loop network; multiserver queue; network architecture; network concurrency; network performance; network throughput; packet network; response time; ring network; transmission delay; Centralized control; Computer architecture; Computer network management; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Computer science; Delay effects; Distributed computing; Network topology; Throughput; Computer communications; computer network; distributed control; loop network; multiserver queue; network architecture; network concurrency; network performance; network throughput; packet network; response time; ring network; transmission delay;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TC.1980.1675588

Filename

1675588