User-process communication performance in networks of computers

Author

Cabrera, Luis-Felipe ; Hunter, Edward ; Karels, Michael J. ; Hosher, D.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

14

Issue

1

fYear

1988

fDate

1/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

53

Abstract

The authors present a study of the performance achieved by user processes when using the IPC mechanisms as implemented in Berkeley Unix 4.2BSD in Ethernet based environments. The authors assess not only the impact that different processors, network hardware interfaces, and Ethernets have on the communication across machines, but also the effect of the loading of the hosts and communication media that participate in the interprocess communication mechanism. The measurements highlight the ultimate bounds on performance that may be achieved by user process applications communicating across machines, and serve as a guide in designing performance-critical applications. A detailed timing analysis is presented of the dynamic behavior of the TCP/IP and the UDP/IP network communication protocols´ implementation in Berkeley Unix 4.2BSD

Keywords

local area networks; network operating systems; protocols; Berkeley Unix 4.2BSD; Ethernet; IPC mechanisms; TCP/IP; UDP/IP; communication media; interprocess communication mechanism; network hardware interfaces; network protocols; performance-critical applications; timing analysis; user processes; Application software; Computer networks; Computer science; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Intelligent networks; Operating systems; Protocols; Telecommunication network reliability; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.4621

Filename

4621