Performance evaluation of an enhanced priority-programmable bus access mechanism for Ethernets and FastEthernets

Author

Abayarama, T. ; Dewar, W.J.

Author_Institution

New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

1854

Abstract

The main drawback of the Ethernet is its inability to deliver delay-sensitive data at an assured QoS. The authors have earlier proposed a modification to the 802.3 standard resulting in an enhanced, priority-programmable, IEEE802.3 compatible bus standard which enables delay-sensitive data be pushed into the Ethernet. This paper presents a performance evaluation of the proposed bus access mechanism, and its effect on the performance of the standard interfaces attached to the same bus. Simulation results have shown satisfactory performance: the high-priority bus access capability and its consistency against loading activities by the other nodes attached to the bus

Keywords

IEEE standards; data communication; delays; local area networks; network interfaces; performance evaluation; quality of service; system buses; telecommunication standards; Ethernet; FastEthernets; IEEE802.3 compatible bus standard; QoS; delay-sensitive data; enhanced priority-programmable bus access; high-priority bus access; loading activities; nodes; performance evaluation; priority-programmable IEEE 802.3 standard; simulation results; standard interfaces; Asynchronous transfer mode; Costs; Delay effects; Electronic mail; Ethernet networks; Local area networks; Performance evaluation; Quality of service; Resilience; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE

Conference_Location

Sydney,NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4984-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776701

Filename

776701