Title :
A layered approach to fault-tolerance and timeliness issues in SAFENET
Author :
Shin, Kang G. ; Ng, Lup-Houh ; Monaghan, Timothy P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the fault-tolerance issue of networking and propose a layered solution to it. By evaluating the performance of fault-handling schemes at each layer of a protocol stack, we can find a set of fault-handling schemes whose combined performance will guarantee the required end-to-end delay bound for real-time communication services while maintaining a certain level of fault-tolerance. The Survivable Adaptable Fiber Embedded Network (SAFENET) is used as the main vehicle of this study
Keywords :
computer network reliability; delays; fault tolerant computing; optical fibre LAN; performance evaluation; real-time systems; telecommunication services; transport protocols; LAN; SAFENET; Survivable Adaptable Fiber Embedded Network; end-to-end delay bound; fault-handling schemes; fault-tolerance; layered approach; networking; performance evaluation; protocol stack; real-time communication services; transport services layer; Aerospace control; Aggregates; Computer networks; Delay; Distributed computing; Fault tolerance; Laboratories; Protocols; System performance; Time factors;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1994. Proceedings., 19th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6680-3
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1994.386605
