A new approach for enhancing the throughput capability of a synchronous bus LAN

Author

Kuroyanagi, Noriyoshi

Author_Institution

Tokyo Eng. Univ., Japan

fYear

1990

fDate

3-6 Sep 1990

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

249

Abstract

An original media access protocol called CAST (counting access to synchronous time slots) is proposed. This protocol can be implemented over a synchronous bus local area network (LAN). CAST uses a simple algorithm by which each station can recognize its turn of access by counting either the number of data packets or the number of idle pulses sent from all preceding stations. The throughput versus transfer time performance of a CAST LAN is better than that of other LANs, and it can be verified by performance analysis. Other useful features are an integrated voice and data capability, a high-connection portability, and reliability. A hardware model is also discussed

Keywords

computer interfaces; local area networks; protocols; synchronisation; CAST LAN; algorithm; counting access to synchronous time slots; data packets; hardware model; high-connection portability; integrated voice and data; local area network; media access protocol; performance analysis; reliability; synchronous bus LAN; throughput; transfer time performance; Access protocols; Circuits; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Delay effects; Hardware; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Telecommunication network reliability; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Symposium, 1990. ITS '90 Symposium Record., SBT/IEEE International

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITS.1990.175606

Filename

175606