Design issues in data networks

Author

Drakopoulos, Elias

Author_Institution

Network Planning Center, AT&T Bell Labs., USA

fYear

1997

fDate

22-25 Sep 1997

Firstpage

475

Lastpage

479

Abstract

The paper describes the network design and analysis of a multi-protocol application environment characterized by a client/server architecture, integration of legacy and distributed database structures, frame relay wide area network, and token ring local area networks. Detailed workload characterization and performance modeling of the application environment is presented, and network design issues are addressed. The model is used to study network performance under various load conditions, identify bottlenecks and compare design alternatives

Keywords

data communication; distributed databases; frame relay; local area networks; network servers; network topology; performance evaluation; protocols; token networks; wide area networks; LAN; WAN; bottlenecks identification; client/server architecture; data networks; distributed database structures; frame relay wide area network; legacy structures; load conditions; multi-protocol application environment; network analysis; network design; network performance; performance modeling; token ring local area networks; workload characterization; Distributed databases; File servers; Frame relay; Integrated circuit interconnections; Intelligent networks; Network servers; Token networks; Transaction databases; Wide area networks; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 1997. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8186-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.1997.623354

Filename

623354