A highly adaptive media access protocol for dual bus metropolitan area networks

A protocol for dual bus networks that does not show the disadvantages inherent in the IEEE 802.6 standard for metropolitan area networks is proposed. The protocol obtains a fair distribution of bandwidth after a time equal to one round-trip delay and allows a full utilization of the available bandwidth. The protocol is derived from a fair and waste-free bandwidth allocation scheme. The features of the protocol can be included in the existing IEEE 802.6 standard. It is shown that the proposed protocol has significant performance advantages over the IEEE 802.6 standard.<
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