Title :
Lightnet: a class of efficient high speed access protocols
Author :
Jacquet, Philippe ; Mühlethaler, Paul
Author_Institution :
INRIA, Le Chesnay, France
Abstract :
New and simple high-speed access protocols for unidirectional media work on the same topologies as Expressnet, but instead of providing an asynchronous round-robin service, they give a synchronous service. The medium access is random but includes a reservation scheme to guarantee fairness and determinism, and to prevent starvation. These protocols allow high utilization of channel capacity regardless of propagation delay, the number of active stations, and the distribution of the traffic. Access delays remain very small. Simple analytical models are proposed for evaluating the protocols. Results derived from these models are compared with results from simulation. The match between the two is quite good. Also included is a comparison between Expressnet and Lightnet protocols
Keywords :
broadband networks; channel capacity; optical communication; protocols; Lightnet protocols; analytical models; channel capacity; delays; high-speed access protocols; optical fibres; reservation scheme; simulation; synchronous service; unidirectional media; Access protocols; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Channel capacity; Optical fiber communication; Propagation delay; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access; Topology; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1990. ICC '90, Including Supercomm Technical Sessions. SUPERCOMM/ICC '90. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1990.117347