A CSMA/CD compatible MAC for real-time transmissions based on varying collision intervals

Author

Sharon, Oran ; Spratt, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Haifa Univ., Israel

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Mar-2 Apr 1998

Firstpage

1265

Abstract

This paper suggests a CSMA/CD compatible MAC protocol for real-time transmissions in a home or small office local area network. It has the key advantage of allowing devices implementing the existing Ethernet protocol such as PCs, printers and ISDN routers to operate with devices implementing the new MAC. The new MAC enables real-time traffic such as digital video and audio to be transmitted with low delay and jitter

Keywords

access protocols; delays; digital communication; home computing; local area networks; multi-access systems; visual communication; CSMA/CD compatible MAC protocol; Ethernet protocol; ISDN routers; PC; digital audio; digital video; home LAN; low delay; low jitter; personal computers; printers; real-time traffic; real-time transmissions; small office local area network; varying collision intervals; Delay; Ethernet networks; ISDN; Jitter; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Personal communication networks; Printers; 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.1998.662941

Filename

662941