Sixth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '97) Timing Properties of the Timed Token MAC Protocol Las Vegas, NV September 22-September 25 ISBN: 0-8186-8186-1
We investigate the inherent timing properties of the timed token medium access control (MAC) protocol that are necessary for guaranteeing synchronous message deadlines in a timed token ring network such as the Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network. As a result, the best-so-far result of the upper bound on the time possibly elapsed between any number of successive token arrivals at a particular node was derived. This result, which is particularly important for studies on real-time communications in any timed token ring network, has recently published in [see below] with no proof given due to space limitation. In this paper, we complement our early work by presenting a concise formal proof of this upper bound. The paper cited in "Abstract": S.Zhang and A.Burns, "An optimal synchronous bandwidth allocation scheme for guaranteeing synchronous message deadlines with the timed-token MAC protocol", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol.3, No.6, pp 729-741, December, 1995.
Index Terms:
Timing properties, timed token MAC protocol, FDDI networks, real-time communications, synchronous bandwidth
Citation:
Sijing Zhang, Alan Burns, "Timing Properties of the Timed Token MAC Protocol," icccn, pp.481, Sixth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '97), 1997 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||