Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1986

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Ilyas, Mohammad

Abstract

This thesis deals with simulation of flow control in token-ring local area networks. The primary emphasis of this simulation study is to observe the effects of token holding time on the performance of the network. Token holding time is adjusted to account for two types of service disciplines: gated and limited. Network performance for these two service disciplines is compared to determine which one of the two gives a relatively better performance. Besides throughput and delay, a more compact form of performance measure called "power", has also been used in the study . Power is simply a ratio of throughput and delay . This study has shown that the token holding time has a significant effect on the performance of a local area network . Simulation results of this study are presented in terms of throughput, delay, power, token circulation time and efficiency/overhead versus offered load. The results are presented in the form of graphs.

Extent

137 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14311

Format

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