Message delay for a priority-based automatic meter reading network

Computer Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-47

  Frigui, Imed ^a,b   Stone, Richard ^a,c   Alfa, Attahiru Sule ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Pollard Banknote   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mean waiting time; Non preemptive exhaustive service discipline; Polling systems; Time limited; Vacation models

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWITCHING NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AUTOMATIC METER READING NETWORK; CYCLIC POLLING SYSTEMS; NONPREEMPTIVE EXHAUSTIVE SERVICE DISCIPLINE;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0030673356     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-3664(96)01167-x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. H. Takagi, Analysis of Polling systems, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1986.
2. H. Takagi, Queueing analysis of polling models, ACM Computing Surveys, Vol 20 (1988) 5-28.
3. H. Takagi, Queueing analysis of polling models: an update, Stochastic Analysis of Computer and Communication Systems (1990) 267-318.
4. L. Kleinrock and H. Levy, The analysis of random polling systems, Operations Research, Vol 36 (1988) 716-732.
5. Z. Tsai and I. Rubin, Analysis for token ring networks operating under message priorities and delay limits, IEEE INFOCOM'89, 1989, pp. 322-331.
6. Z. Tsai and I. Rubin, Mean delay analysis for message priority-based polling scheme, Queueing Systems, Vol 11 (1992) 223-240.
7. M. Manfield, Analysis of a priority polling system for two-way traffic, IEEE Trans. Comm., Vol 33 (1985) 1001-1006.
8. J. Gianini and M. Manfield, An analysis of symmetric polling systems with two priority classes, Performance Evaluation, Vol 35 (1988) 23-34.
9. L. Fournier and Z. Rosberg, Expected waiting time in polling systems under priority disciplines, Queueing Systems, Vol 9 (1991) 419-440.
10. E. Altman, P. Konstantopoulos, and Z. Liu, Stability, monotonicity and invariants quantities in general polling systems, Queueing Systems, Vol 11 (1992) 35-57.
11. C. Fricker and M.R. Jaibi, Monotonicity and stability of periodic polling models, Queueing Systems, Vol 15 (1994) 211-238.
12. L. Georgiadis and W. Szpankowski, Stability of token passing rings, Queueing Systems, Vol 11 (1992) 7-33.
13. B.T. Doshi, Queueing systems with vacations - a survey, Queueing Systems, Vol 1 (1986) 29-66.
14. Y. Levy and U. Yechiali, Utilization of idle time in M/G/1 queueing system, Management Science, Vol 22 (1975) 202-211.
15. W. Bux and H.L. Truong, Mean delay approximation for cyclic service queueing systems, Performance Evaluation, Vol 3 (1983) 187-196.
16. J.G. Shanthikumar, Analysis of priority queues with server control, Opsearch, Vol 21 (1984) 183-192.
17. O. Kella and U. Yechiali, Priorities in M/G/1 queue with server vacations, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol 35 (1988) 23-34.
18. S.W. Fuhrmann, Symmetric queues served in cyclic order, Operations Research Letters, Vol 4 (1985) 139-144.
19. E.C. Cotton, Overview of Manitoba Hydro's automatic meter reading radio communication network trials, AMRA Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, September 28 1993.