Design of a station-centric network model for evaluating changes to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard, 1999

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Par

Identifier: b2087957

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth College and Monmouth University graduate Electronic Engineering programs. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree.

Dates

Creation: 1999

Creator

Paradas, Francisco (Author, Person)
Prabhakar, Nannimanglam (Thesis advisor, Person)

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Extent

1 Items (print book) : 52 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Local area networks allow multiple computers to communicate within a single building or campus area. The IEEE 802.3 standard defines Ethernet, the most widely used local area network technology. Recently, the IEEE 802.3 working group has been reviewing possible additions to the Ethernet standard. The Binary Logarithmic Arbitration Method (BLAM) defines an enhanced medium access control (MAC) algorithm that reduces frame delays and improves fairness and thus better supports multimedia applications. Gigabit Ethernet defines another set of changes to the MAC algorithm to support operation at 1000-Mbps, or Gigabit, data rates. In both cases, careful simulation modeling studies were required, because it is well known that the overall behavior of Ethernet can be very sensitive to minor changes in the MAC algorithm. In this paper, a station-centric Ethernet simulation model is presented.

The station-centric approach allows for a detailed modeling of station behavior to be able to accurately model heterogeneous station types and traffic sources within a single Ethernet. For example, some stations can be modeled with multimedia traffic sources, others with data traffic sources. It is also possible to model a mix of BEB (Binary Exponential Backoff) and BLAM (Binary Logarithmic Arbitration Method) stations with a single Ethernet. This station-centric model, when implemented using the CSIM18 simulation engine, can simulate transmission of one million frames in a five station Ethernet with 25% offered load in less than 30 seconds on a 200 Mhz Pentium Pro Personal Computer.

Partial Contents

Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief overview of Ethernet -- 3. Ethernet simulation modeling -- 4. Description of the station-centric Ethernet model -- 5. Representative performance of the simulation model -- 6. Summary -- Appendix: pseudocode for station-centric Ethernet model -- References -- Appendix: Sample program generated output.