LAN interconnection: a transparent, shortest-path approach

Author

Tai, Tsung-Yuan ; Gerla, Mario

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1991

Firstpage

1666

Abstract

A new intelligent MAC layer device, called a brouter, is presented. It combines the high performance and transparency advantage of bridges with the traffic control and management features of routers. The spanning-tree restriction is relaxed on interconnected LANs, and allowances are made for arbitrary topology so that all links can be effectively utilized and shortest paths are used to reduce delays. In addition, a learning mechanism is presented for station identification to LAN identification mapping, and it is shown that dynamic station relocation is supported. Feasible congestion control methods for brouters are also discussed. Brouter performance is compared to that of two previous bridge schemes

Keywords

electronic switching systems; local area networks; telecommunication network management; LAN interconnection; arbitrary topology; bridges; brouter; congestion control; dynamic station relocation; intelligent MAC layer device; learning mechanism; routers; shortest paths; spanning-tree restriction; station identification to LAN identification mapping; traffic control; traffic management; transparency; Access protocols; Bridges; Computer science; Delay effects; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Routing protocols; Strontium; Topology; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1991. ICC '91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0006-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1991.162280

Filename

162280