A dual-ring LAN for integrated voice/video/data services

Author

Mark, Jon W. ; Lee, Byoung-Joon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1990

fDate

3-7 Jun 1990

Firstpage

850

Abstract

A media access control (MAC) protocol for integrated services on a dual-ring high-speed LAN is proposed. The protocol supports real-time synchronous voice and video services and multilevel priority asynchronous data traffic types using a packet-switched operation. The most important service requirement for packetized real-time traffic is guaranteed periodic access to the network with a small delay variation. The requirement is met by periodic generation of synchronous service tokens. The effect of service interruptions due to the synchronous traffic, i.e. voice and video, on the asynchronous data traffic is investigated by means of analytical and simulation methods

Keywords

data communication systems; local area networks; packet switching; protocols; token networks; visual communication; voice communication; MAC protocol; dual-ring LAN; integrated voice/video/data services; media access control; packet-switched operation; Access protocols; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Intserv networks; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Speech analysis; Synchronous generators; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '90, Ninth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies. The Multiple Facets of Integration. Proceedings, IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2049-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1990.91331

Filename

91331