Performance of a hierarchical subscriber network

Author

Seah, K.G. ; Lye, K.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

1992

fDate

16-20 Nov 1992

Firstpage

77

Abstract

The authors present the performance study of a hierarchical subscriber network using simulation. This network is a proposed alternative to the existing circuit-switched star-topology local subscriber loop. It will provide support for the current narrowband ISDN services. The subscriber network comprises a high-speed optical fibre backbone network, using the FDDI protocol, interconnecting medium-speed local access networks, using a modified version of the IEEE 802.4 Token-Passing Bus Protocol. The performance study is carried out using network traffic categorized into high (voice) and low (data) priority. The results presented cover the end-to-end delay of packets and the voice packet loss

Keywords

FDDI; ISDN; local area networks; optical links; packet switching; protocols; subscriber loops; FDDI protocol; IEEE 802.4 Token-Passing Bus Protocol; LAN; MAN; end-to-end packet delay; hierarchical subscriber network; high-speed optical fibre backbone; interconnecting medium-speed local access networks; narrowband ISDN services; network traffic; simulation; voice packet loss; Access protocols; Circuit simulation; FDDI; ISDN; Integrated circuit interconnections; Narrowband; Optical fibers; Spine; Subscriber loops; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Singapore ICCS/ISITA '92. 'Communications on the Move'

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0803-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.1992.254936

Filename

254936