Title :
An argument for judicious use of error detection mechanisms in LANs
Author :
Strayer, W. Timothy ; Weaver, Alfred C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
The authors examine the ISO Open Systems Interconnection philosophy and the error detection mechanisms at each layer. They trace the progress of a message through each of these layers and comment on the overhead of error detection. They also offer some performance results at the transport layer. They argue that the error detection rate in modern LANs is not improved by mechanisms above the MAC, but rather that performance is severely degraded
Keywords :
error detection; local area networks; open systems; protocols; standards; ISO Open Systems Interconnection; LAN; error detection mechanisms; media access control layer; message progress trace; network layer; protocols; transport layer; Access protocols; Application software; Computer errors; Computer networks; Error analysis; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Local area networks; Optical fibers; Transport protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1989., Proceedings 14th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mineapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1968-6
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1989.65284
