Title :
A fail safe temporary reorganization procedure for STARMAP routing tables in the event of a primary hub or link failure
Author :
Pang, Vincent Yeow Chieh ; Irvine-Halliday, Dave
Author_Institution :
Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
Abstract :
The challenge for STARMAP was to implement a simple temporary reorganization of the routing tables which would maintain the maximum interconnectivity of the network in the event of a primary link or hub failure. Since the original STARMAP packet switching or routing philosophy requires that a hub be responsible only for its own packets and that it needs no knowledge of events at any other hub then the routing table reorganization scheme must follow a similar philosophy. A primary hub routing table is changed in a very simple manner if it detects a failed transmission in one of its outlinks. The routing table is returned to its original condition as soon as the failed link or hub has been repaired
Keywords :
access protocols; computer network reliability; local area networks; packet switching; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; LAN; STARMAP; active star multiple access protocol; fail safe temporary reorganization procedure; failed transmission; maximum network interconnectivity; packet switching; primary hub failure; primary link failure; routing tables; Access protocols; Broadcasting; Collision avoidance; Computer networks; Delay effects; Local area networks; Packet switching; Routing; Testing; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1996. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Calgary, Alta.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3143-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1996.548317
