A comparative study of high speed networks

Author

Hall, James ; Sabatino, Roberto ; Crosby, Simon ; Leslie, Ian ; Black, Richard

Author_Institution

Comput. Lab., Cambridge Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Mar-2 Apr 1998

Firstpage

774

Abstract

In the management of a modern LAN or campus network, two issues are of key importance, namely network performance and capacity planning. In this paper we report on results from an experimental programme which aims to quantify the performance that can be achieved with a real distributed application running over a range of different network technologies, including Ethernet, ATM, FDDI, and a 100 Mb/s packet-switched LAN. In particular we analyse the contribution of each of the various application and network components to the overall performance experienced by applications

Keywords

FDDI; asynchronous transfer mode; computer network management; local area networks; network topology; packet switching; 10 Mbit/s; 100 Mbit/s; ATM; Ethernet; FDDI; LAN management; campus network management; capacity planning; high speed networks; network performance; packet-switched LAN; real distributed application; Asynchronous transfer mode; Ethernet networks; FDDI; File systems; High-speed networks; Local area networks; Packet switching; Protocols; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '98. Seventeenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4383-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1998.665100

Filename

665100