Title :
Performance analysis of the medium access control protocol of the FDDI token ring network
Author :
Karvelas, D. ; Garcia, A. Leon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
28 Nov-1 Dec 1988
Abstract :
Presents results for the voice-data performance of the medium-access-control protocol selected for the FDDI (fiber distributed data interface) network. This protocol can provide priority services to different types of traffic, as well as guarantee bounded delays for real-time applications. The constraints that the system parameters must obey to provide bounded delays for the voice packets are derived. Simple analytic formulas are derived that accurately predict the data packet waiting times. The effect of various system parameters on performance is investigated. Finally, the impact of relaxing the constraints imposed by the voice-delay bound, by allowing clipping, is considered
Keywords :
computer interfaces; computer networks; data communication systems; optical fibres; optical links; packet switching; protocols; telecommunications control; voice communication; FDDI token ring network; bounded delays; clipping; data packet waiting times; fiber distributed data interface; medium access control protocol; priority services; real-time applications; system parameters; voice packets; voice-data performance; voice-delay bound; ANSI standards; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Delay effects; FDDI; Media Access Protocol; Optical fibers; Performance analysis; Token networks;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1988, and Exhibition. 'Communications for the Information Age.' Conference Record, GLOBECOM '88., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hollywood, FL
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1988.26008
