Title :
Message packing as a performance enhancement strategy with application to the Totem protocols
Author :
Narasimhan, P. ; Moser, L.E. ; Melliar-Smith, P.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Packing a number of messages into a single packet for transmission can be used as a strategy to improve the performance of communication protocols. We investigate this technique and its application to the Totem reliable ordered multicast protocols. The mechanism underlying message packing is also analyzed by means of a buffer model with exponential message lengths and exponential interarrival times between messages. The results obtained from the analysis and from the implementation of this strategy in the Totem protocols show that message packing is a very effective technique for improving the performance, especially for messages of small length
Keywords :
computer network reliability; local area networks; message passing; packet switching; performance evaluation; token networks; transport protocols; LAN; Totem protocols; buffer model; communication protocols; exponential interarrival times; exponential message lengths; message packing; message passing; packet transmission; performance enhancement strategy; reliable ordered multicast protocols; small length messages; token passing; Analytical models; Application software; Contracts; Delay effects; Mathematical model; Message passing; Multicast protocols; Performance analysis; TCPIP; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3336-5
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.594442
