A simulation study of file transfers in token ring local area networks

Author

Ilyas, M. ; Horvath, E.I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Apr 1989

Firstpage

901

Abstract

The authors present a simulation study of file transfers in a token-ring local area network. Three service disciplines have been simulated, i.e. exhaustive, gated, and limited. Simulation results are presented in terms of average message (file) delay and power. The message lengths have been assumed to follow a normal distribution. The results show that as the traffic load increases the average delay increases. However, the delay is the lowest with exhaustive service discipline. The effects of standard deviation of message length on the average message delay and power are also considered

Keywords

computer communications software; data communication systems; delays; digital communication systems; file servers; protocols; simulation; telecommunication traffic; token networks; LAN; average message delay; average power; computer networks; exhaustive service discipline; file transfers; gated service discipline; limited service discipline; local area networks; normal distribution; protocols; simulation study; token ring; traffic load; Access protocols; Communication system control; Computational modeling; Delay; File servers; Gaussian distribution; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Telecommunication network reliability; Token networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '89. Proceedings. Energy and Information Technologies in the Southeast., IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbia, SC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1989.132528

Filename

132528