Performance analysis of Ethernet based on an event driven simulation algorithm

Author

Prasad, K. ; Patel, Rasesh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Lowell Univ., MA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

10-12 Oct 1988

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

267

Abstract

The Ethernet is a baseband local area network (LAN) which uses digital signalling and the carrier-sense multiple access/collision detection (CSMA/CD) protocol to control the network access. The authors describe an effort to develop a purely event-driven simulation model for obtaining performance of the CSMA/CD protocol. A review of analytic models of CSMA/CD is presented. The simulation algorithm is implemented using programming language Pascal. The performance parameters, including mean transfer time, mean packet transmission time, mean queueing time, and mean acquisition time, are obtained. The impact of queueing at individual stations on Ethernet performance is analyzed. Major advantages and disadvantages of a purely event driven simulator over the discrete time simulator are discussed

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; local area networks; packet switching; Ethernet; analytic models; baseband local area network; carrier-sense multiple access; collision detection; digital signalling; discrete time simulator; event driven simulation algorithm; mean acquisition time; mean packet transmission time; mean queueing time; mean transfer time; performance analysis; programming language Pascal; protocol; Access protocols; Analytical models; Baseband; Discrete event simulation; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Local area networks; Multiaccess communication; Performance analysis; Queueing analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1988., Proceedings of the 13th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0891-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1988.10236

Filename

10236