DocumentCode
928189
Title
Comments on "Design and analysis of arbitration protocols" by F. El Guibaly
Author
Wilkinson, Barry
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Charlotte, NC, USA
Volume
41
Issue
3
fYear
1992
fDate
3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
348
Lastpage
351
Abstract
In the above-titled paper by F. El Guibaly (see ibid., vol.38, p.161-71, (1989)), the (normalized) access time for various arbitration protocols was theoretically characterized. The commenter uses simulations to investigate single-bus multiprocessor arbitration protocols. Differences are found between the theoretical results and the simulation results. Theoretical formulae given by El Guibaly are corrected and modified to take into account that resubmitted requests increase the request rate. Closer agreement between theoretical and simulation results is then obtained.<>
Keywords
multiprocessor interconnection networks; protocols; access time; arbitration protocols; simulation; single-bus multiprocessor; Access protocols; Computer science; Equations; Hardware; Multiprocessing systems; Multiprocessor interconnection networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/12.127447
Filename
127447
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