Performance of High-Speed Networks for Real-Time Applications

This thesis studies the performance of network medium-access protocols at high data transfer rates for real-time applications. In a real-time network, on-time delivery of messages is essential. We can ensure the timely completion of tasks only when we can predict the message transmission delay over the network reasonably well. For a given data transfer rate, whether messages in a network can be delivered in time depends on the medium-access protocols. The goal of this study is to determine the limitations in the ability of the protocols to guarantee on-time delivery of messages for different types of real-time applications. More specifically, we address the following two questions: (1) how well can traditional network medium-access protocols support real-time applications? and (2) how well do these protocols behave on a high-speed network?

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Ng, Joseph Kee-Yin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Liu, Jane W.S.

• Computer Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9329120

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72087