DocumentCode
2745275
Title
Opportunistic evaluation of communication link loads
Author
Gopinath, Prabha ; Gupta, Rajiv
Author_Institution
North American Philips Corp., Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA
fYear
1990
fDate
28 May-1 Jun 1990
Firstpage
406
Lastpage
413
Abstract
Algorithms for measuring the loads on the communication links in a distributed system are presented. Timestamped messages are used to measure latencies across physical and virtual links in the system. The algorithms do not generate any additional message traffic. Instead, load measurement information is opportunistically piggybacked onto application messages. The link load values can be used to initiate process migration and for dynamic flow control. An example of how loads on virtual links may be measured is given
Keywords
distributed processing; switching theory; application messages; communication link loads; distributed system; dynamic flow control; latencies; link load; load measurement algorithms, timestamped messages; load measurement information; message traffic; physical links; process migration; virtual links; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Delay; Distributed control; Fluid flow measurement; Joining processes; Laboratories; Load management; Runtime;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Distributed Computing Systems, 1990. Proceedings., 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2048-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICDCS.1990.89309
Filename
89309
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