Performance issues in CRMA networks for integrated broadband communications

Author

De Sanctis, M. ; Proietti, L. ; Bausani, R. ; Listanti, M. ; Gratta, L. ; Winkler, R.

Author_Institution

Ericsson Fatme, Italy

fYear

1992

fDate

4-8 May 1992

Firstpage

811

Abstract

The capabilities of the cyclic reservation multiple access (CRMA) protocol for supporting mixed video and data traffic was evaluated by computer simulation. The results show that in order to obtain good performance and fairness between all the mixed stations, they should have similar requirements in terms of the number of slots that are requested at each reservation cycle. It is therefore important to reduce the variability by aggregating more slots for stations with short packets, and by transmitting long frames in successive cycles for long packets. The optimal selection of the low and high bound on the number of slots can significantly improve the performance of the CRMA network under mixed traffic conditions

Keywords

B-ISDN; data communication systems; digital simulation; multi-access systems; packet switching; protocols; telecommunication traffic; telecommunications computing; video signals; BISDN; CRMA network; CRMA protocol; computer simulation; cyclic reservation multiple access; data traffic; fairness; high bound; integrated broadband communications; long frames; long packets; low bound; mixed traffic conditions; performance; reservation cycle; short packets; slots; stations; video traffic; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadband communication; Computer architecture; Data communication; Intelligent networks; LAN interconnection; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '92. Eleventh Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies, IEEE

Conference_Location

Florence

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0602-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1992.263533

Filename

263533