SHIPNET: a real-time local area network for ships

Author

Simoncic, R. ; Weaver, Alfred C. ; Cain, Brendan G. ; Colvin, M. Alexander

Author_Institution

Comput. Networks Lab., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

10-12 Oct 1988

Firstpage

424

Lastpage

432

Abstract

The authors have developed a real-time messaging system for token ring networks. The system is currently operational in a shipboard environment. The system conforms to the IEEE 802.2 LLC and 802.5 token-ring standards and is consistent with the Navy´s emerging SAFENET specification. The authors provide a library of `C´ routines which establish and manage sockets, transmit and receive messages, and report network status. They show a sample user interface for a basic datagram service and another for a reliable virtual circuit service. They present performance data from an implementation on PCs and PC/ATs. Using the proposed software, a single transmitting station can generate up to 1.42 Mb/s, and 100-byte messages can be processed every 4 ms

Keywords

real-time systems; standards; token networks; 802.5 token-ring standards; ATs; C routines; IEEE 802.2 LLC; PC; PCs; SAFENET; SHIPNET; datagram service; real-time local area network; real-time messaging system; shipboard environment; ships; token ring networks; user interface; virtual circuit service; Communication system traffic control; Computer networks; Control systems; Local area networks; Marine vehicles; Real time systems; Sockets; Token networks; User interfaces; Wiring;

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.1988.10256

Filename

10256