Date of Award
1987
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Ilyas, Mohammad
Abstract
The throughput of a local area network (LAN) is primarily determined by the speed with which the communicating station can process the packets of data. Because of this, protocol overhead is extremely costly to system throughput. A major contributor to the protocol overhead is the acknowledgement structure. Often in a multilayered system acknowledgements are generated by multiple levels. The purpose of this thesis is to explore, through the use of queueing model simulation and analysis, the impact of different acknowledgement structures on throughput. Possible ways to alleviate the problem, such as peripheral processors and modified protocol layers, are also briefly examined.
Extent
96 p.
Recommended Citation
Lyford, Avery Martin, "Acknowledgement overhead in local area networks" (1987). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 502.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/502
Identifier
FADT14424
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science