Efficient support for client/server applications over heterogeneous ATM networks

Author

Gerstel, Ornan ; Cidon, Israel ; Zaks, Shmuel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

446

Abstract

We present a new network design problem that is applicable for designing virtual paths (VPs) in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network to efficiently support client/server applications. We present several alternatives for the solution, compare their properties, and focus on a novel “greedy” solution, which we prove to optimize certain important criteria (namely, the network overhead for a request/response and the utilization of bandwidth and routing table resources). We also present simulation results that demonstrate the performance and scalability of our solution. In addition, we propose a new efficient bandwidth allocation scheme which is tailored for client/server applications over ATM networks

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; client-server systems; telecommunication network routing; B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth utilization; client/server applications; efficient bandwidth allocation; greedy solution; heterogeneous ATM networks; network design problem; network overhead; performance; routing table; scalability; simulation results; virtual paths; Associate members; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Computer science; Joining processes; Network servers; Routing; Switches; Virtual colonoscopy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6692

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/90.720878

Filename

720878