Assessment and alternative design of FDDI-II MAC protocol

Author

Yuang, M.C. ; Haung, Y.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan

fYear

1993

fDate

19-22 Sep 1993

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

211

Abstract

Fiber distributed data interface-II (FDDI-II) is a hybrid high speed local area network (HSLAN) providing circuit switched and packet switched services. Although the packet switched service remains connectionless, the circuit switched service is connection-oriented. The weaknesses of the media access control (MAC) protocol of FDDI-II is discussed. A new access scheme, called FDDI-II*, aimed at providing distributed control and access of bandwidth using connectionless service for both packet and isochronous data transmissions is proposed. Simulation results that demonstrate the performance superiority of FDDI*-II to FDDI-II in terms of isochronous data blocking probability and packet data delay are presented

Keywords

FDDI; access protocols; delays; packet switching; performance evaluation; FDDI-II MAC protocol; FDDI-II*; circuit switched service; hybrid high speed local area network; media access control; packet data delay; packet switched services; performance superiority; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Data communication; Distributed control; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Optical fiber LAN; Packet switching; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1993., Proceedings., 18th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4510-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1993.591224

Filename

591224