| Author | Mishra, Sanjay |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. CS-88-7 |
| Subject(s) | Ethernet (Local area network system)
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| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This research study is directed towards various aspects of
Ethernet Local Area Network which is widely used for the
interconnection of computers. This study is basically divided
in to two parts. In the first part, a n ex tensive review of
Ethernet covering all its hardware and software aspects has been
carried out. The second p art of the study deals with the
performance evaluation of Ethernet.
Two config u rations of Ethernet LAN have been considered for
performance e valuation, one with uniform distribution and the
other with clustering of stations along the length of the linear
bus.
A simulator to evaluate the performance has been implemented
in Turbo Pascal version III and is based upon t h e second layer of
the ISO ' s OSI reference model . Extensive simulation ha s been
carried out to assess the overall delay and network throughput
performance of a 10 M bps Ethernet by varying network size ,
message length and load.
Simulation results s how that when the load off erred to the
network is less than the network capacity , the average delay
suffered by a packet is minimal a nd the throughput achieved by a
station is quite high in both the Ethernet network
configurations. At high loads , performance of Ethernet system,
composed of uniform distribution of stations , degrades in terms
of delay and collisions wit h a steady increase in the size of the
network. Whereas , performance of Ethernet sys tern cons is ting of
c lustered distribution of station s is a function of inter and
intra cluster data communication. Ethernet system gives a better
performance if the bulk of data communication is intra cluster.
It is also observed that the throughput of the system is enhanced
by increasing the load and message length, but at the same time
average delay suffered by a packet worsens in the network. |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Nanda, Navnit Kumar |
| Examination Committee(s) | Lewis, George T. ;Skjesol, Trond |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Thailand |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1988 |