Title :
MITION: a MAC-layer hybrid protocol for multi-channel real-time LANs
Author :
Koubias, Stavros A. ; Haralabidis, Haralabos C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece
Abstract :
In this paper we present a hybrid MAC-layer protocol, named MITION, for multi-channel real-time LANs. The MITION protocol is based on the 1-p CSMA/CD scheme, using also a virtual token passing mechanism as the collision resolution algorithm. Additionally, it performs a channel selection algorithm, which provides an efficient “switching” operation for the selection of the available communication channels. The MITION protocol, due to its deterministic and multi-channel nature, offers high operational reliability and high performance under asynchronous and synchronous channel traffic
Keywords :
carrier sense multiple access; local area networks; real-time systems; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; 1-p CSMA/CD scheme; MAC-layer hybrid protocol; MITION; asynchronous channel traffic; channel selection algorithm; collision resolution algorithm; communication channels; deterministic nature; high operational reliability; multichannel real-time LANs; synchronous channel traffic; virtual token passing mechanism; Access protocols; Communication channels; Communication switching; Laboratories; Local area networks; Multiaccess communication; Propagation delay; Road accidents; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, 1996. ICECS '96., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rodos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3650-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1996.582817
