CBRMA++/SR: on the design of a MAN/WAN MAC protocol for high-speed networks

Author

Baransel, Cesur ; Dobosiewicz, Wlodek ; Gburzynski, Pawel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

11

Issue

8

fYear

1993

fDate

10/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1268

Lastpage

1277

Abstract

A new MAN/WAN medium-access control (MAC) protocol called CBRMA++/SR is introduced. It is suitable for a folded bus topology with optical fiber used as the transmission medium. The eminent features of CBRMA++/SR are total fairness and full bandwidth utilization. The preemptive approach employed in bandwidth allocation enables CBRMA+++/SR not to suffer from the deficiencies of DQDB, which stem mostly from the inconsistency of the distributed queue at a given instant. The protocol is based on the concept of fair share, which also provides a solid ground to support connection-oriented services. A powerful slot-reuse scheme complements the protocol

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; network topology; protocols; CBRMA++/SR; MAC protocol; MAN/WAN medium-access control; bandwidth allocation; connection-oriented services; distributed queue; fairness; folded bus topology; high-speed networks; optical fiber; preemptive approach; slot-reuse scheme; transmission medium; Bandwidth; High-speed networks; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Optical design; Optical fibers; Strontium; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.245915

Filename

245915