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The Switched Local Area Networks’ Delay Problem: Issues and a Deterministic Solution Approach

The Switched Local Area Networks’ Delay Problem: Issues and a Deterministic Solution Approach

Monday O. Eyinagho, Samuel O. Falaki
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781466622081|ISBN10: 1466622083|EISBN13: 9781466622098
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2208-1.ch003
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Eyinagho, Monday O., and Samuel O. Falaki. "The Switched Local Area Networks’ Delay Problem: Issues and a Deterministic Solution Approach." Integrated Models for Information Communication Systems and Networks: Design and Development, edited by Aderemi Aaron Anthony Atayero and Oleg I. Sheluhin, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 47-70. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2208-1.ch003

APA

Eyinagho, M. O. & Falaki, S. O. (2013). The Switched Local Area Networks’ Delay Problem: Issues and a Deterministic Solution Approach. In A. Atayero & O. Sheluhin (Eds.), Integrated Models for Information Communication Systems and Networks: Design and Development (pp. 47-70). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2208-1.ch003

Chicago

Eyinagho, Monday O., and Samuel O. Falaki. "The Switched Local Area Networks’ Delay Problem: Issues and a Deterministic Solution Approach." In Integrated Models for Information Communication Systems and Networks: Design and Development, edited by Aderemi Aaron Anthony Atayero and Oleg I. Sheluhin, 47-70. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2208-1.ch003

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Abstract

A large number of installed local area networks are sluggish in terms of speed of uploading and downloading of information. Researchers have, therefore, proposed the need for such networks to be designed with specified maximum end-to-end delay. This is because, if the maximum packet delay between any two nodes of a network is not known, it is impossible to provide a deterministic guarantee of worst case response times of packets’ flows. Therefore, the need for analytic and formal basis for designing such networks becomes very imperative. In this regard, this chapter has discussed the switched local area networks’ delay problem and related issues. It compared the two principal approaches for determining the end-to-end response times of flows in communication networks – stochastic approach and deterministic approach. The chapter goes on to demonstrate the superiority of the latter approach by using it to develop and validate the goodness of a general maximum delay packet switch model.

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