DocumentCode
2281812
Title
Load sharing using multicasting
Author
Wills, Craig E. ; Finkel, David
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
fYear
1993
fDate
23-26 Mar 1993
Firstpage
303
Lastpage
309
Abstract
The authors examine approaches to load sharing based on multicasting in a local area network environment. The results show that multicasting is an efficient method for locating lightly-loaded nodes with better response time and fewer messages to busy nodes, compared to previously proposed policies. The improved performance of the multicasting policies results from nodes maintaining state information by joining and leaving multicast groups, rather than probing or exchanging information between machines that may already be busy
Keywords
local area networks; performance evaluation; resource allocation; lightly-loaded nodes; load sharing; local area network environment; multicasting; performance; response time; Broadcasting; Computer science; Delay; Hardware; IP networks; Local area networks; Multicast protocols; Probes; Unicast; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computers and Communications, 1993., Twelfth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location
Tempe, AZ
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0922-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PCCC.1993.344449
Filename
344449
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