The adaptive threshold algorithm: a bandwidth allocation mechanism with fast response time for DQDB

Author

Gagnaire, Maurice ; Gadet, Benoist

Author_Institution

Ecole Nat. Superieure des Telecommun., Paris, France

fYear

1992

fDate

13-16 Sep 1992

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

88

Abstract

A bandwidth allocation scheme for the distributed-queue dual-bus (DQDB) network, the adaptive threshold algorithm (ATA), is proposed. The ATA mechanism is able to prevent with short response time any saturation or any underload of the network. The medium capacity is fairly shared between active nodes by keeping permanently the network global load under a given threshold. By means of simulation results, the performances of ATA and of bandwidth balancing are compared in terms of response time and of medium utilization ratio

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; protocols; queueing theory; DQDB; DQDB network; active nodes; adaptive threshold algorithm; bandwidth allocation; bandwidth balancing; distributed-queue dual-bus; network global load; network saturation; network underload; response time; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Counting circuits; Delay; Metropolitan area networks; Network topology; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1992. Proceedings., 17th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3095-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1992.228171

Filename

228171