Performance Evaluation of Communication Networks
G.N. Higginbottom · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1998
Introduction: Performance Measures. Time Delay. Capacity. Reliability. Communication Networks and Protocols: Data Nets. Voice Nets. Video Nets. Multimedia Nets. Mathematical Analysis: Capacity. Propagation Delay. Queueing Delay. Computer Simulation: Existing Tools. Discrete Events. Hybrid Techniques. Markov Analysis: Discrete Time Markov Chains. Slotted Systems. Multidimensional Markov Chains. Buffered Slotted Systems. Multi-Segment Systems. Asymmetric Systems. LANs and WANs: Token Bus and Ring. Ethernet. Internets. Point-to-Point, Routing, and Switching. Telecommunication Networks: PSTNs. ISDN. PONs and TPONs. ATM. Multimedia Traffic Networks: Voice Transmission. Video Transmission. Multi-Channel Discrete Time Markov Analysis for PONs. Solutions to Problems.