Throughput analysis of interconnecting CSMA/CD LANs with switching hubs

Author

Lee, Mowcheng ; Chen, C. Y Roger ; Meliksetian, D.S.

Author_Institution

Comput. & Commun. Res. Lab., ITRL, Chutung, Taiwan

fYear

1995

fDate

28-31 Mar 1995

Firstpage

522

Lastpage

528

Abstract

In this paper, we study the throughput characteristics of carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) local area networks (LANs) interconnecting with switching hubs. The interconnection schemes considered here not only increase the performance of CSMA/CD LANs to meet the evolving bandwidth requirements of today´s applications, but also reduce the overhead costs when updating existing CSMA/CD LANs. Two types of interconnection structure are considered. One is a single CSMA/CD cluster which utilizes a switching hub to link several short distance CSMA/CD LANs together. The other is a ring of the CSMA/CD clusters mentioned above which are distributed over a wide area and connected by switching hubs. We also analyze the structure of a ring of crossbars

Keywords

LAN interconnection; carrier sense multiple access; CSMA/CD cluster; bandwidth requirements; carrier sense multiple access; collision detection; interconnecting CSMA/CD LANs; interconnection schemes; local area networks; switching hubs; throughput characteristics; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Costs; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Multiaccess communication; Packet switching; Performance analysis; Switching circuits; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1995., Conference Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Fourteenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2492-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1995.472444

Filename

472444