Title :
A slotted counter rotating metropolitan area ring network
Author :
Choi, Kwok ; Ilyas, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose and analyze a new architecture for metropolitan area networks (MANs). The architecture is based on ring topology and is called counter rotating slotted ring (CRSR). The proposed MAN (CRSR) has a dual-ring architecture and consists of two unidirectional transmission media that are shared among all network users. The information is transmitted by using fixed size slots. The flow of information in two rings is in the opposite direction. As each user is connected to both the rings, each user has two possible routes to send the information to a desired destination. The evaluation of CRSR under various conditions is also presented in this paper. Simulation and analytical modeling are used for evaluating the proposed MAN architecture. The results show that CRSR provides better performance in comparison with other similar MANs
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; network topology; optical fibre networks; analytical modeling; architecture; counter rotating slotted ring; dual-ring architecture; fixed size slots; network users; optical fiber based network; performance; ring topology; simulation; slotted counter rotating metropolitan area ring network; unidirectional transmission media; Analytical models; Computer architecture; Computer science; Counting circuits; Data communication; Metropolitan area networks; Network topology; Optical fibers; Routing; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Southcon/95. Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2576-1
DOI :
10.1109/SOUTHC.1995.516115
