Fast broadcast in high-speed networks

Author

Gopal, Ajei ; Gopal, Inder ; Kutten, Shay

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

262

Lastpage

275

Abstract

Traditional broadcast protocols are inappropriate for the high-speed networks of the future. Such protocols are limited by the speed of software processing, which becomes a bottleneck as network speeds increase. This paper presents broadcast protocols that are appropriate for high-speed networks, and are tolerant of failures involving the loss of messages. The protocols are based primarily on the simple hardware functions present in a high-speed network node. This leads to message delivery at hardware speeds. In the unlikely event of a failure, software intervention is required to guarantee the timely termination of the protocol; however, this software processing does not interfere with message delivery

Keywords

broadcasting; protocols; software fault tolerance; telecommunication networks; broadcast protocols; failure tolerant network; fast broadcast; hardware speeds; high-speed networks; message delivery; message loss; network node; network speed; protocol termination; software intervention; software processing speed; Broadcasting; Communication system traffic control; Computer networks; Floods; Hardware; High-speed networks; History; Intelligent networks; Multimedia communication; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6692

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/90.769773

Filename

769773