A survey of analytical modeling of network interfaces in the era of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Author

Alvarez, Godofredo R Garay

Author_Institution

Fac. de Inf., Univ. de Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba

fYear

2009

fDate

10-13 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Analytical models can help to understand a system in ways that simulation does not and they can also model the expected impact of future hardware modifications, thereby avoiding unnecessary costs associated with more detailed simulation models or actual implementations. A network interface allows a computer system to send and receive packets over a network. Different factors (hardware and software) influence communication performance and a variety of optimizations have been proposed. In this paper we survey analytical approaches for performance evaluation of network interfaces over the period 2003-2009.

Keywords

local area networks; network interfaces; optimisation; performance evaluation; Ethernet; computer system; hardware modifications; influence communication; network interfaces; optimizations; performance evaluation; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Costs; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Network interfaces; Performance analysis; Software performance; Modeling and Analysis; analytical methods; network interface; performance evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control,CCE,2009 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Toluca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4688-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4689-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEEE.2009.5393311

Filename

5393311