Performance evaluation of MetaNet routing

Author

Bellur, Bhargav ; Sasaki, Galen ; Cha, S.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

12-16 Jun 1994

Firstpage

254

Abstract

The MetaNet is a proposed high speed LAN/MAN architecture with simple protocols and operates on arbitrary network topologies. Since it operates on arbitrary topologies, it has the potential for better aggregate throughput than networks such as FDDI and DQDB that are ring and bus networks, respectively. This paper presents mathematical and numerical evidence that better throughput is possible for MetaNet on the well known grid and hypercube topologies. Simulation results are also presented to illustrate the importance of the choice of the embedded ring on MetaNet performance

Keywords

hypercube networks; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; network topology; performance evaluation; protocols; telecommunication network routing; MetaNet routing; embedded ring; grid topology; high speed LAN/MAN architecture; hypercube topology; network topologies; performance evaluation; protocols; simulation results; throughput; Aggregates; FDDI; High-speed networks; Hypercubes; Local area networks; Network topology; Optical fibers; Protocols; Routing; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '94. Networking for Global Communications., 13th Proceedings IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5570-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1994.337610

Filename

337610