A simulation study of enhanced arbitration methods for improving Ethernet performance

Computer Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-36

  Christensen, Kenneth J ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitration methods; BEB; BEB2; BI AM; Capture effect; Ethernet; Voice

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); PACKET NETWORKS; PACKET SWITCHING; QUEUEING THEORY; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BINARY EXPONENTIAL BACKOFF (BEB) ARBITRATION ALGORITHMS; BINARY LOGARITHMIC ARBITRATION METHOD (BLAM); ETHERNETS; PACKET TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME VOICE TRAFFIC;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032001412     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-3664(97)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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