An efficient access protocol for use on asymmetrically loaded Gbit/s LANs

Author

Senior, J.M. ; Higginbottom, G.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Manchester Metropol. Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

14-18 Nov 1994

Firstpage

505

Abstract

A new LAN access protocol which has been called Priority and Reservation TDMA (PRTDMA) is introduced and analysed. The algorithm for PRTDMA has been designed to account for LANs with highly asymmetric traffic load distributions and high data transmission rates. Mean delay versus throughput performance characteristics which were obtained using a discrete event computer simulation program are presented. The results show that the objectives for the new protocol have been achieved

Keywords

delays; discrete event simulation; local area networks; performance evaluation; time division multiple access; traffic; LAN access protocol; PRTDMA; Priority and Reservation TDMA; algorithm; asymmetric traffic load distributions; asymmetrically loaded Gbit/s LAN; discrete event computer simulation program; high data transmission rates; mean delay; throughput performance; Access protocols; Algorithm design and analysis; Communication networks; Data communication; Delay; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Throughput; Time division multiple access; Time division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Singapore ICCS '94. Conference Proceedings.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2046-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.1994.474201

Filename

474201