Title :
FairQDB: a new simple and optimal access mechanism for dual bus networks
Author :
Borgonovo, F. ; Lombardo, A. ; Palazzo, S. ; Panno, D.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
The authors present a new access control scheme for dual bus networks which is absolutely fair in bandwidth sharing and can replace the DQDB access protocol without changes in the transmission system apart from the protocol machine. The mechanism retains all the positive features of DQDB including simplicity, robustness, flexibility, 100% bandwidth utilization and zero access delay at very low load. In addition, it can be set to provide a bandwidth sharing pattern that is different from a uniform one, as may be the case if bridges or other large users are present, and priorities can be easily superimposed
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; protocols; queueing theory; telecommunications control; DQDB access protocol; access control; bandwidth sharing; bandwidth utilization; bridges; dual bus networks; fair queue dual bus; optimal access mechanism; priorities; protocol machine; zero access delay; Access control; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Bridges; Media Access Protocol; Propagation delay; Robustness; Telecommunication network topology; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Communications, 1992. 'Intelligent Networks and their Applications.' Proceedings., 1992 International Zurich Seminar on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0625-2
DOI :
10.1109/DIGCOM.1992.211654
