Design of a large-scale Gbit/s MAN using a cyclic reservation-based MAC protocol

Citation
Wf. Wang et al., Design of a large-scale Gbit/s MAN using a cyclic reservation-based MAC protocol, J SYST ARCH, 46(12), 2000, pp. 1115-1135
Citations number
18
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
ISSN journal
1383-7621 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1115 - 1135
Database
ISI
SICI code
1383-7621(200010)46:12<1115:DOALGM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In this paper, a large-scale Gbit/s metropolitan area network (MAN) based o n hierarchical ring topologies has been investigated. The network is consti tuted by backbone and local rings,which are connected by bridges. In the ne twork, traffic congestion may occur in bridges due to the mismatch of trans mission speed between backbone and local rings. To cope with the issue, a s cheme based on a cyclic reservation-based access method is proposed for the medium access control (MAC) protocol of the network. With the scheme, the protocol can both achieve the fair access of network bandwidth and resolve the traffic congestion in bridges, Particularly, this approach reduces the implementation complexity and cost and enhances efficiency of the global ne twork. Finally, several simulative experiments are performed, and some opti mistic results are revealed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights rese rved.