A hybrid media access protocol for a fiber optic ring network

Author

Bhargava, Amit ; Kurose, James F. ; Towsley, Don

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

12-15 June 1988

Firstpage

278

Abstract

A hybrid protocol is proposed for high-bandwidth rings in which the round-trip propagation delay is much larger than the packet transmission time. Features of random-access protocols and conflict-free protocols such as token passing are combined to achieve superior performance. The scheme permits simultaneous use of the channel by many packets, is fair to all stations, and is completely distributed. The performance results presented indicate that the system remains stable for throughputs up to a maximum of 1, and that the delay characteristics are better than those of other related access protocols.<>

Keywords

delays; local area networks; optical fibres; optical links; packet switching; protocols; conflict-free protocols; distributed system; fiber optic ring network; high-bandwidth rings; hybrid media access protocol; packet transmission time; random-access protocols; round-trip propagation delay; token passing; Access protocols; Graphics; High-speed networks; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fibers; Propagation delay; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1988.13576

Filename

13576