Animated simulations of media access protocols in local area networks

Author

Uhl, T. ; Ulmer, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Telecommun., Flensburg, Germany

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Jan-2 Feb 1994

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

370

Abstract

Three tools for the graphical simulation of media access protocols are presented. The media access protocols concerned are CSMA/CD (Ethernet, IEEE 802.3), FDDI (IEEE 802.5) and DQDB (IEEE 802.6). The object of the tools is to explain the principle of the protocols by using graphics and motion-pictures on a computer display. Several states of the systems can be modelled, for example collisions (CSMA/CD) or link faults (FDDI). In the case of CSMA/CD and DQDB, it is also possible for the programs to carry out a simulation with the evaluation of performance aspects

Keywords

FDDI; carrier sense multiple access; computer animation; digital simulation; engineering graphics; local area networks; performance evaluation; protocols; telecommunication standards; telecommunications computing; CSMA/CD; DQDB; Ethernet; FDDI; IEEE 802.3; IEEE 802.5; IEEE 802.6; animated simulations; collision modelling; computer display; link faults; local area networks; media access protocols; motion-pictures; performance evaluation; Access protocols; Animation; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Ethernet networks; FDDI; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Optical fiber networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1994., MASCOTS '94., Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Durham, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5292-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASCOT.1994.284378

Filename

284378