Short-Packet Transfer Performance in Local Area Ring Networks
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Star Local Area Networks: A Performance Study
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Modeling a Slotted Ring Local Area Network
IEEE Transactions on Computers
The Cambridge Fast Ring Networking System
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
Ethernet: distributed packet switching for local computer networks
Communications of the ACM
Computer Networks
Simulation Techniques for Discrete Event Systems
Simulation Techniques for Discrete Event Systems
Local Networks
High-speed local area networks and their performance: a survey
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
One-Bit Delay in Ring Networks
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Response to "One-Bit Delay in Ring Networks" by R. Cohen
IEEE Transactions on Computers
WSC '91 Proceedings of the 23rd conference on Winter simulation
An Algorithm for the Efficient Utilization of Bandwidth in the Slotted Ring
IEEE Transactions on Computers
A Multiclass Priority-Based Slotted-Ring LAN and its Analysis
IEEE Transactions on Computers
A slot swapping protocol for time-critical internetworking
Journal of Systems Architecture: the EUROMICRO Journal
Comparing network performance for constant and variable bit rate sources
Computer Communications
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A slotted-ring protocol that performs well across the full range of message length distributions is presented. The relative performance of the protocol is best at low to medium ring utilization, which is the most usual operating condition for local area computer networks. The protocol is not subject to the normal requirement for repeating source and destination addresses in each slot of a multiple-slot message. This reduced overhead feature is a main reason for the performance gains that are achieved. The protocol does not depend on any central control station for assigning slot usage to individual stations. However, it does require each ring station to keep track of the current status and source station usage of each slot on the ring. Implementation of the protocol would require significantly more complex logic circuits than are normally needed in either token rings or conventional slotted rings, and error recovery would be more difficult. Hence, its main value is that it serves as an indicator of the maximum achievable performance of the slotted format for local computer network rings operating at low to medium utilization levels under fully distributed access control.