Title :
Performance improvement with slot reuse on a high speed multiaccess network
Author :
Wang, Yong-hong ; Chen, Lian-Kuan ; Cheung, Kwok-Wai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Abstract :
High speed multimedia applications are becoming the main stream of broadband integrated services. LAN/MANs have evolved considerably and network speed has expanded from tens of megabit/sec to several gigabit/sec to meet the increasing demand. We present a simple slot reuse scheme on the ACTA (adaptive cycle tunable access) network. The ACTA is a simple slot-accessed bus/ring network protocol based on an adaptive variation of the cycle-lengths according to the network offered load. We discuss the network performance under different traffic distribution patterns. Simulation results show that the slot reuse scheme is very effective in network throughput improvement. With slot reuse, the improved ACTA network is very attractive for high speed multimedia applications
Keywords :
access protocols; adaptive systems; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; multi-access systems; multimedia communication; network topology; performance evaluation; system buses; telecommunication traffic; ACTA network; LAN/MAN; broadband integrated services; cycle lengths variation; high speed multiaccess network; high speed multimedia applications; network offered load; network performance; network speed; network throughput; simulation results; slot reuse; slot-accessed bus/ring network protocol; traffic distribution patterns; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Delay; Intserv networks; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Technology Proceedings, 1996. ICCT'96., 1996 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2916-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCT.1996.544960
