DocumentCode
1718523
Title
Ethernet Adaptive Link Rate (ALR): Analysis of a MAC Handshake Protocol
Author
Anand, Himanshu ; Reardon, Casey ; Subramaniyan, Rajagopal ; George, Alan D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL
fYear
2006
Firstpage
533
Lastpage
534
Abstract
In this paper, a handshake protocol at the medium access control (MAC) layer is proposed and analyzed for dynamically changing the link rate in the network interface card (NIC), adapting to network utilization, and thus decreasing average power consumption. Simulation results show that this protocol can be used to change link rate in Ethernet network devices without causing user-perceivable delays
Keywords
access protocols; local area networks; network interfaces; telecommunication links; Ethernet adaptive link rate; Ethernet network devices; MAC handshake protocol; medium access control layer; network interface card; network utilization; power consumption; user-perceivable delays; Access protocols; Adaptive control; Clocks; Delay; Energy consumption; Ethernet networks; Media Access Protocol; Programmable control; Resumes; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Local Computer Networks, Proceedings 2006 31st IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Tampa, FL
ISSN
0742-1303
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0418-5
Electronic_ISBN
0742-1303
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LCN.2006.322157
Filename
4116604
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