Application-to-application priority with STREAMS

Author

Ford, D. ; Zeadally, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

334

Lastpage

343

Abstract

STREAMS-based protocol stacks have become integral components of many desktop operating systems. We explore the UNIX STREAMS architecture in providing priority to networked applications at the end system. We modified the underlying network device driver (a STREAMS-based Ethernet device driver) to enable demultiplexing of packets based on their priorities. We explored the benefits of our approach by conducting several performance tests. Using the modified Ethernet driver combined with the priority STREAMS offers, our test results yield a 550% improvement over the traditional approach where no priority is used in packet delivery to end user applications

Keywords

Unix; demultiplexing; local area networks; network operating systems; packet switching; performance evaluation; protocols; STREAMS-based Ethernet device; STREAMS-based protocol stacks; UNIX STREAMS architecture; application-to-application priority; desktop operating system; end system; modified Ethernet driver; network device driver; networked applications; packet delivery; performance tests; Computer science; Data structures; Ethernet networks; High-speed networks; Kernel; Laboratories; Operating systems; Production systems; Sun; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 2001. Proceedings. LCN 2001. 26th Annual IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1321-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2001.990803

Filename

990803