Performance evaluation of FDDI-what about packet loss?

Author

Martini, Peter ; Wittenberg, Ralf

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Paderborn Univ., Germany

fYear

1991

fDate

14-17 Oct 1991

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Recently, a discussion came up dealing with the frame copied indicator in the frame status sequence of FDDI. This indicator shows whether or not the destination has copied the frame and this way allows the sender to react in a proper way. However, in interconnected networks the destination node may represent a large number of destinations with different addresses making it difficult to check within a very short time whether a certain packet is to be copied and the indicator is to be set. The paper discusses the effect of using or not using the frame copied indicator. Additionally, it proposes a class of new congestion control strategies for FDDI

Keywords

local area networks; optical links; performance evaluation; standards; token networks; FDDI; congestion control; destination node; frame copied indicator; frame status sequence; interconnected networks; packet; performance evaluation; sender; Bandwidth; Ethernet networks; FDDI; Local area networks; Optical control; Optical fibers; Performance loss; Protocols; Standards development; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1991. Proceedings., 16th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2370-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1991.208043

Filename

208043