Title :
A combined hardware, software and usage model of network reliability and availability
Author :
Bowles, John B. ; Swaminathan, Venkatesh
Author_Institution :
Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
A description is given of a model for assessing and comparing the reliability and availability of local area networks. The model parameters include the reliabilities of the hardware and software components, the network topology, and the demands placed on the network by user activities. Management of the network resources can also be considered in the model by the way it affects the network topology, user interactions, and the importance assigned to various subgroups being able to communicate
Keywords :
circuit reliability; local area networks; network topology; availability; hardware; local area networks; model parameters; network reliability; network topology; software; usage model; user activities; user interactions; Availability; Communications technology; Computer network management; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Hardware; Local area networks; Network topology; Resource management; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1990. Conference Proceedings., Ninth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2030-7
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1990.101681
