Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1985

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Ilyas, Mohammad

Abstract

Several different flow control methods for computer communications networks have been analyzed in this thesis. Isarithmic, end-to-end, and link level flow control have been dealt with in detail. A simulation program has been written to compare the performance of these flow control techniques. It has been found that the system performance of computer networks degrades at high values of data traffic when no flow control is implemented. This is due to congestion and buffer overflow problem. One flow control technique when implemented alone does not generally produce optimal results. A judicious mixture of several flow control techniques should be implemented together so as to get the desired throughput and delay performance in a computer communication network. The simulation program is quite versatile. It uses the eventscheduling method for faster computation. Several simulation results have been presented to illustrate the effects of multi-level flow on delay and throughput performance of a network under different traffic load conditions.

Extent

110 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1985.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14286

Format

pdf

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