Title :
Service integration in FDDI
Author :
Martini, Peter ; Meuser, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Paderborn Univ., Germany
fDate :
30 Sep-3 Oct 1990
Abstract :
Performance issues of the FDDI-II protocol, an upward-compatible enhancement of the basic fiber distributed data interface (FDDI), are discussed. The main characteristics of the FDDI protocol are examined. The performance of FDDI-II is studied for scenarios including asynchronous traffic, synchronous traffic and isochronous traffic. The results make clear that basic FDDI meets the requirements imposed by traditional local area network (LAN) application and that from a performance point of view FDDI-II is an excellent candidate for complex communications environments. When compared to the distributed-queue-dual bus (DQDB) protocol, FDDI-II yields much better efficiency in traditional LAN applications
Keywords :
optical links; performance evaluation; protocols; standards; token networks; FDDI-II protocol; asynchronous traffic; complex communications environments; distributed-queue-dual bus; fiber distributed data interface; isochronous traffic; local area network; service integration; synchronous traffic; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Delay; FDDI; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Physical layer; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1990. Proceedings., 15th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2109-5
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1990.128636
