Title :
A high speed access protocol for LANs and WANs
Author :
Schaffa, F. ; Willebeek-LeMair, M. ; Patel, B.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fDate :
29 Nov-2 Dec 1993
Abstract :
A demand driven access (ADDA) protocol for a dual ring architecture with spatial reuse is presented. The proposed protocol is simple and distributed. Under light load conditions, the arbitration mechanism is dormant and allows for efficient use of the available bandwidth since no overhead is incurred. The spatial reuse of the ring considerably increases the potential throughput of the network. The ADDA protocol, via simulation, is shown to outperform FDDI and MetaRing both in terms of throughput and access delay
Keywords :
channel capacity; demand assigned multiple access; local area networks; network topology; performance evaluation; protocols; wide area networks; ADDA protocol; LAN; WAN; access delay; arbitration mechanism; available bandwidth; demand driven access protocol; dual ring architecture; high speed access protocol; load conditions; potential throughput; spatial reuse; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Counting circuits; Cyclic redundancy check; Delay; FDDI; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Throughput; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1993, including a Communications Theory Mini-Conference. Technical Program Conference Record, IEEE in Houston. GLOBECOM '93., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0917-0
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1993.318246
