A load adaptive bandwidth allocation method for high-speed LANs
Akio Kôyama, Kuninobu Tanno, Shoichi Noguchi · Electronics and Communications in Japan (Part I Communications) · 1998
Recently, Local Area Networks (LANs) have been a basic technology for information exchange between high-speed peripheral devices and multimedia communication facilities. Furthermore, they are considered a fundamental element (domain) of internetworking to construct high-tech information processing systems. Therefore, it is highly desirable to develop a new LAN protocol supporting super high-speed multimedia communications and preparing an easy interconnection methodology for LANs. In this paper, we propose an adaptive bandwidth allocation (ABA) method which promises a high bandwidth utilization rate and adequate fairness for dual ring LAN topology. The communication protocol using this method not only realizes a gigabit LAN but also can support the multimedia communications. Performance evaluation via simulations shows that the ABA protocol has better characteristics than the MetaRing method. © 1998 Scripta Technica. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 1, 81(1): 41–49, 1998