2004 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (ISPAN'04)
Efficient Many-to-Many Real-Time Communication Using an Intelligent Ethernet Switch
Hong Kong, SAR, China
May 10-May 12
ISBN: 0-7695-2135-5
This paper presents a solution for efficient many-to-many communication over switched Ethernet. The performance of using an ordinary switch and an intelligent switch is compared, and the results of the analysis based on 100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet show that an intelligent switch used to handle many-to-many communication can give better performance (shorter latency and higher utilization) than an ordinary switch. We also extend the network to serve many-to-many traffic with real-time demands by adding a thin software layer to the intelligent Ethernet switch and the end-nodes. Earliest Deadline First (EDF) scheduling is used.
Citation:
Xing Fan, Magnus Jonsson, Hoai Hoang, "Efficient Many-to-Many Real-Time Communication Using an Intelligent Ethernet Switch," ispan, pp.280, 2004 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (ISPAN'04), 2004