Performance analysis of Ethernet based on an event driven simulation algorithm
Kumar Debi Prasad, R. B. Patel · 2003
The Ethernet is a baseband local area network (LAN) which uses digital signalling and the carrier-sense multiple access/collision detection (CSMA/CD) protocol to control the network access. The authors describe an effort to develop a purely event-driven simulation model for obtaining performance of the CSMA/CD protocol. A review of analytic models of CSMA/CD is presented. The simulation algorithm is implemented using programming language Pascal. The performance parameters, including mean transfer time, mean packet transmission time, mean queueing time, and mean acquisition time, are obtained. The impact of queueing at individual stations on Ethernet performance is analyzed. Major advantages and disadvantages of a purely event driven simulator over the discrete time simulator are discussed.>