Title :
Performance measurements of a communication protocol implemented for distributed real-time systems
Author :
van Dijk, G.J.W. ; van der Wal, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
Presents a study, including experiments and analysis, of the performance of a communication protocol for transmitting time-constrained messages in a time-division multiple-access local area network. The measurements of the performance of the communication protocol are made as a function of message length and workload, using different configurations in a well-controlled environment. The measurements are carried out in real time in a 2.5 Mb/s LAN. The contributions of the protocol to the performance of the network could be separately extracted, thus allowing for a detailed analysis of the protocol efficiency. The communication protocol exploits the bandwidth of the medium efficiently by explicitly passing the `mastership´ between stations
Keywords :
distributed processing; local area networks; performance evaluation; protocols; real-time systems; time division multiple access; 2.5 Mbit/s; LAN; TDMA; bandwidth; communication protocol; distributed real-time systems; local area network; mastership passing protocol; message length; performance measurements; time-division multiple-access; token passing bus protocol; workload; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Communication cables; Computer networks; Delay; Local area networks; Measurement; Performance analysis; Physics; Real time systems;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1989., Proceedings 14th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mineapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1968-6
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1989.65276
