Title :
M-net: a proposed high speed local area network
Author :
Khalid, M. ; Vyavahare, P.D. ; Kekre, H.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Bombay, India
Abstract :
M-net is a local area network (LAN) based on unidirectional bus system (UBS) architecture consisting of two outbound channels and one inbound channel. The network provides reverse round robin scheduling. The medium access control (MAC) protocol of M-net utilizes implicit token passing scheme with attempt-and-defer mechanism, achieving conflict-free transmissions among stations. In this paper, architecture and MAC of M-net is described. Then bounds on the performance measures of M-net are reported. Finally its performance is compared with other contemporary LAN systems.<>
Keywords :
local area networks; performance evaluation; protocols; M-net; conflict-free transmissions; high speed local area network; inbound channel; medium access control protocol; outbound channels; performance measures; reverse round robin scheduling; token passing scheme; unidirectional bus system architecture; Access protocols; Computer architecture; Computer science; Delay; Event detection; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Processor scheduling; Robustness; Round robin;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '93. Proceedings. Computer, Communication, Control and Power Engineering.1993 IEEE Region 10 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1233-3
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1993.320028
