Bounding delay on a multifarious token ring network

Abstract

Interest in integrating voice and data on local computer networks has been building in recent years. Subsequently, much research has been devoted to various techniques that are implementable on existing networks using current standards. This exposition discusses the design issues in implementing a document retrieval system on a token ring network.

Client requirements for real-time communication services

“…Depending on the application, clients may wish to specify their delay requirements in different ways [Gait90]. The delays involved will usually be those of the application-oriented messages known to the client; for instance, the delay between the beginning of the clientlevel transmission of a video frame, file, or urgent datagram and the end of the client-level reception of the same frame, file, or urgent datagram.…”

Performance evaluation of an integrated bridged token ring/Ethernet environment

“…Various studies on thcir pcrfonnancc have cst:tblishcd thcir mcrit for a variety of data or voice :ipplications [1,3,5,6,7,8].Howcvcr, dcspitc inercasing intcrcst in integrated scrvices multi-LANs cnvironmcnt, rclativcly liitlc lias bcen cstahlishcd about the performance of such nctworks. Thc purpose of this papcr is to investigate the pcrformance of a simple but inlcrcsting case of such intcrncts: an Ethcrnct conncctcd to a tokcn rin nctwork, mch of which gcncrates both data and voice traffc.…”