Distributed multilink system for very-high-speed data link control

Author

Akaike, Takeshi ; Ishakawa, K. ; Saito, Koichi ; Mito, Michiharu

Author_Institution

NTT Commun. Switching Labs., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

540

Lastpage

549

Abstract

A protocol control system architecture that provides very high processing performance for gigabit-per-second data communication in a broadband network is described. The architecture connects protocol controllers in parallel and uses a distributed multilink method that features a distributed algorithm for allocating transmission on the transmitting side and a resequencing algorithm on the receiving side. The system performance and the influence of transmission errors caused by cell loss in an asynchronous transfer mode network are evaluated. It is shown that by reducing each controller´s distributing overhead, the system increases throughput up to 90 times that achieved when using a single controller

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; computer networks; data communication systems; protocols; ATM network; Gbit/s network; asynchronous transfer mode network; broadband network; cell loss; data communication; distributed algorithm; distributed multilink method; protocol control system architecture; resequencing algorithm; very-high-speed data link control; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadband communication; Communication system control; Control systems; Data communication; Distributed algorithms; Propagation losses; Protocols; System performance; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.221201

Filename

221201