Title :
Lightnet: a protocol for future real time high speed broadcast networks
Author :
Jacquet, Philippe ; Mühlethaler, Paul
Author_Institution :
INRIA, Le Chesnay, France
Abstract :
A set of high-speed protocols working on unidirectional broadcast systems is defined. Lightnet 1 is based on collision avoidance and a simple reservation scheme; Lightnet 2 is a version for heavy loads; and Lightnet 3 is designed to work on a ring topology. Three analytical models are developed to evaluate the performances of these protocols. Comparisons between analytical and simulation results show the accuracy of these models. A careful comparison between Lightnet I and Expressnet shows that the former outperforms the latter both for average delay and for flexibility to various kinds of traffic mixes under the assumption of uniform packet size
Keywords :
broadcasting; packet switching; protocols; Expressnet; Lightnet; Lightnet 1; Lightnet 2; Lightnet 3; collision avoidance; future real time high speed broadcast networks; heavy loads; high-speed protocols; performance evaluation; reservation scheme; ring topology; traffic mixes; unidirectional broadcast systems; uniform packet size; Access protocols; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Channel capacity; Optical fiber LAN; Propagation delay; Throughput; Time division multiple access; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems in the 1990s, 1988. Proceedings., Workshop on the Future Trends of
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0897-8
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.1988.26682
