Implementation and experimental performance evaluation of a hybrid interrupt-handling scheme

Computer Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-188

  Salah, K ^a   Qahtan, A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

High speed networks; Interrupts; Linux; NAPI; Operating systems

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PACKET NETWORKS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS; INTERRUPTS; LINUX; NAPI; OPERATING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 57349136699     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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