Life beyond linear topologies (MANs)

Author

Krishnan, Ram ; Maxemchuk, Nicholas F.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

54

Abstract

The performance of a particular two-connected mesh network, the Manhattan street network, is compared with that of the distributed queue dual bus (DQDB) network, which has been standardized by the IEEE 802.6 Committee for MANs. Both of these networks have the same number of links, and the nodes have the same number of transmitters and receivers. A description of the topology and the access protocols of both networks is included. There is also a comparison of the throughput that the networks can support and their ability to adapt to fluctuating traffic patterns. The network reliability is investigated, both for degradations in throughput and loss in connectivity. The results are presented.<>

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; network topology; protocols; reliability; DQDB network; MAN; MS-Net; Manhattan street network; access protocols; distributed queue dual bus; fluctuating traffic patterns; metropolitan area networks; network reliability; throughput; topology; two-connected mesh network; Bandwidth; Communication networks; Humans; LAN interconnection; Mesh networks; Network topology; Routing; Telecommunication network reliability; Throughput; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.216902

Filename

216902