Title :
Graceful insertion and removal of stations in FDDI networks
Author :
Willebeek-LeMair, M. ; Ocheltree, K. ; Ruiz, A.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
The effects of station insertion and removal from concentrators attached to the dual ring in FDDI networks are examined. The frame-loss caused by the insertion and removal of stations is compared to the frame-loss caused by the ring bit error rate (BER). This is found to be significant for most FDDI networks. Algorithms for ´graceful´ insertion and removal are proposed to minimize the impact of these actions on the network performance. The effect on the network bandwidth of the proposed solutions is compared to the effect of normal insertion and removal. Overall, the merits of graceful insertion and removal are found to be marginally significant
Keywords :
line concentrators; optical links; performance evaluation; standards; token networks; FDDI networks; concentrators; dual ring; frame-loss; graceful station insertion; graceful station removal; network bandwidth; network performance; Access protocols; Bit error rate; Communication switching; Error analysis; FDDI; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Optical losses; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1991. Proceedings., 16th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2370-5
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1991.208102
