Reliable multi-user tree setup with local identifiers
Adrian Segall, Tsipora Barzilai, et al.
IEEE INFOCOM 1992
Of several existing designs for local area networks, the buffer insertion ring has been shown to provide higher throughputs, lower mean delays and greater spatial reuse than competing designs such as the token ring and slotted ring networks. However, one disadvantage is that the normally unregulated access scheme of the insertion ring allows for the phenomenon of "starvation" - when a network node has to wait too long before it can access the ring. In our work, we demonstrate that starvation is a serious problem and present a protocol to prevent it. It is shown that the new protocol is correct, stable and does not substantially degrade the otherwise efficient operation of the ring. © 1991.
Adrian Segall, Tsipora Barzilai, et al.
IEEE INFOCOM 1992
Yoram Ofek, Moshe Sidi
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Israel Cidon, Yoram Ofek
IEEE Transactions on Communications
Rahul Simha, Yoram Ofek
Computer Networks and ISDN Systems