Title :
Nested sliding window protocols with packet fragmentation
Author :
Shapiro, Gerald W. ; Perros, Harry G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Sci., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
fDate :
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A single-hop OSI structured network with multiple layers of sliding window flow control and packet fragmentation between layers is analyzed. An approximation algorithm is presented to hierarchically reduce the network to a single queue whose performance characteristics represent the original network. Network transmission characteristics are restricted to Erlang distributions. Validation against exact and simulation results showed that the approximation algorithm has a satisfactory error level
Keywords :
open systems; packet switching; protocols; queueing theory; Erlang distributions; approximation algorithm; flow control; nested protocols; network transmission characteristics; packet fragmentation; single queue; single-hop OSI structured network; sliding window protocols; Approximation algorithms; Communication networks; Communication system control; Computer science; Performance analysis; Protocols; Shape control; Signal processing; Sliding mode control; Societies;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
