A method for analysing the performance aspects of the fault-tolerance mechanisms in FDDI

Author

Van Moorsel, Aad P A ; Haverkort, Boudewijn R. ; Niemegeers, Ignas G.

Author_Institution

Tele-Inf. & Open Syst. Group, Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

1992

fDate

4-8 May 1992

Firstpage

372

Abstract

The ability of error recovery mechanisms to make the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) satisfy real-time performance constraints in the presence of errors is analyzed. A complicating factor in these analyses is the rarity of the error occurrences, which makes direct simulation unattractive. Therefore, a fast simulation technique, called injection simulation, which makes it possible to analyze the performance of FDDI, including its fault tolerance behavior, was developed. The implementation of injection simulation for polling models of FDDI is discussed, along with simulation results

Keywords

FDDI; digital simulation; fault tolerant computing; performance evaluation; system recovery; FDDI; Fiber Distributed Data Interface; error occurrences; error recovery mechanisms; fast simulation technique; fault-tolerance mechanisms; injection simulation; performance analysis; polling models; real-time performance constraints; Analytical models; Communication networks; Delay; Electronic mail; FDDI; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Open systems; Performance analysis; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '92. Eleventh Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies, IEEE

Conference_Location

Florence

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0602-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1992.263577

Filename

263577