Title :
Error handling performance of a token ring LAN
Author :
Tusch, Jürgen ; Meyr, Heinrich ; Zurfluh, Erwin A.
Author_Institution :
Aachen Univ. of Technol., West Germany
Abstract :
The authors review the key error recovery mechanisms of the ISO 8802/5 token-ring protocol. An analysis and evaluation which has been supported by an experimental investigation revealed that recovery times range from values of a few milliseconds up to a number of seconds. It is concluded that an appropriate reevaluation of present timer settings adapted to specific communication requirements in manufacturing systems can lead to increased recovery performance. In the case of backbone-ring interruptions there is no automatic recovery specified at the moment. The results are pertinent to the application of local area networks in the manufacturing environment
Keywords :
performance evaluation; protocols; token networks; ISO 8802/5; error handling performance; error recovery mechanisms; manufacturing systems; protocol; token ring LAN; Access protocols; Automatic control; Communication system control; Computer aided manufacturing; Control systems; Delay; Local area networks; Manufacturing processes; Robustness; Token networks;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1988., Proceedings of the 13th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0891-9
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1988.10249
