Title :
Performance analysis of a LAN/WAN bridging architecture
Author :
Rodrigues, Manoel A. ; Saksena, Vikram R.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A performance analysis of a virtual-circuit-based wide-area network (WAN) that performs local-area-network (LAN) bridging is presented. This type of WAN is suitable for LAN bridging because the conversion of functions between the LAN protocol and the WAN protocol can be simplified by assigning a virtual circuit to each bridge-to-bridge (edge-to-edge) connection. With this architecture, routing is performed efficiently and network resources are used on demand. Analytical approximations of bridge throughput packet delay and packet-loss rates are provided as a function of network and protocol parameters
Keywords :
computer interfaces; local area networks; LAN; WAN; bridging architecture; local-area-network; packet-loss rates; protocol; throughput packet delay; virtual-circuit-based; wide-area network; Access protocols; Bridges; Communication system traffic control; File servers; Hardware; Local area networks; Performance analysis; Routing; Throughput; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1989. ICC '89, BOSTONICC/89. Conference record. 'World Prosperity Through Communications', IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1989.49774
