Analysis of gateway congestion in interconnected high-speed local networks

Author

Heath, John R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, USA

Volume

36

Issue

8

fYear

1988

fDate

8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

986

Lastpage

989

Abstract

The effects of congestion on performance in interconnected high-speed local networks are investigated. The system studied uses network adapters as gateways to connect distributed local networks through a high-performance network link. Throughput measurements were determined by simulations of various combinations of link speeds, gateway buffering capacities, and local network traffic loads. The performance effects of several high-speed, local-network, bus-access protocols are investigated. Simulation model parameters are based on measurements of HYPERchannel networks

Keywords

computer networks; local area networks; performance evaluation; protocols; HYPERchannel networks; LAN; bus-access protocols; distributed local networks; gateway buffering capacities; gateway congestion; high-performance network link; interconnected high-speed local networks; link speeds; local network traffic loads; network adapters; simulation model parameters; throughput measurements; Access protocols; Broadcasting; Data communication; Decoding; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Throughput; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.3780

Filename

3780