A partial-destination-release strategy for the multi-token ring protocol

Author

Wee, May-Yew ; Kamal, Ahmed E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

fYear

1992

fDate

13-16 Sep 1992

Firstpage

639

Lastpage

648

Abstract

A strategy for ring networks using multiple tokens is defined. The tokens are released either at their sources or at their destination nodes, depending on bandwidth availability and frame lengths. This results in greater bandwidth availability and reduced access delays, as confirmed by simulation results. The protocol is shown to outperform several other popular protocols, like the token ring with early token release, e.g. FDDI, the slotted ring, and DQDB. This performance superiority is shown to hold over almost the entire range of traffic loads, with different network spans and different values of average packet lengths

Keywords

performance evaluation; protocols; token networks; average packet lengths; bandwidth availability; destination nodes; early token release; frame lengths; multi-token ring protocol; multiple tokens; network spans; partial-destination-release strategy; reduced access delays; ring networks; simulation results; Access protocols; Availability; Bandwidth; Coaxial cables; Computer networks; Delay; FDDI; Local area networks; Telecommunication traffic; Token networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1992. Proceedings., 17th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3095-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1992.228134

Filename

228134