A new protocol for the integration of voice and data on LAN

The authors present a new deterministic protocol for the integration of voice and data on a LAN (local area network) with a bus topology. This protocol implements the movable boundary strategy and is modeled analytically according to this scheme. This model is then used for a performance evaluation. After a brief description of the deterministic media access method for a voice and data stations, an analytical model based on a queuing analysis is described for this system. This model is then used for a system performance evaluation, showing the voice call's blocking probability and the data message's wait time and queue length for different system configurations. The system performance was found to depend considerably on the channel assignment.<
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