Performance evaluation of an integrated bridged token ring/Ethernet environment

Author

Lee, Victor ; Chan, Edward ; Ng, Jim M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., City Polytech. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

fYear

1991

fDate

27-30 Mar 1991

Firstpage

637

Lastpage

643

Abstract

The authors study the performance of a multi-local-area-network environment composed of an Ethernet and a token ring network, with mixed voice/data traffic. In particular, the effects on performance of system parameters, such as the number of cross-bridge voice calls and limited versus exhaustive service disciplines in transmission, are studied. In addition, various bridge transmission strategies are studied to explore the maximum number of voice calls that can be supported in both directions. These strategies include the use of priorities based on traffic types as well as various modifications to the backoff algorithm. Some of the schemes are found to be effective in improving the delay/throughput characteristics and the maximum number of voice calls

Keywords

local area networks; performance evaluation; token networks; Ethernet; backoff algorithm; bridge transmission; cross-bridge voice calls; environment; multi-local-area-network; performance evaluation; priorities; system parameters; token ring network; traffic types; voice/data traffic; Analytical models; Bridges; Cities and towns; Computer science; Delay; Ethernet networks; Speech analysis; Telecommunication traffic; Token networks; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1991. Conference Proceedings., Tenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2133-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1991.113874

Filename

113874