A polling model is a system of multiple queues accessed by a single server in cyclic order.
Polling models provide performance evaluation criteria for a variety of demand-based …

Autonet is a self-configuring local area network composed of switches interconnected by
100 Mb/s, full-duplex, point-to-point links. The switches contain 12 ports that are internally …

High performance computer communication between multiprocessor nodes requires
significant improvements over conventional host-to-network adapters. Current host-to …

A dynamic time-wavelength division multiaccess protocol (DT-WDMA) is proposed for
metropolitan-sized multichannel optical networks employing fixed wavelength transmitters …

Rare-earth doped optical fibres offer wide gain bandwidths and provide an ideal medium for
the generation of ultra-short optical pulses. To date research in mode-locked fibre lasers has …

With the increasing use of distributed hard real-time systems, the ability of computer
networks to handle hard real-time message traffic is becoming more important. For …

In this paper, a unified theory for the newly developed optical burst-mode receiver is
presented. Based on this theory, an analysis of the performance of the receiver is given both …

Local area communications networks based on packet broadcasting techniques provide
simple architectures and efficient and flexible operation. Various ring systems and CSMA …

The term 'end-to-end'has become a familiar characterization of the architecture of the
Internet, not only in engineering discourse, but in contexts as varied as political manifestos …

An optical communication structure for multiprocessor arrays that exploits the high
communication bahdwidth of optical waveguides is proposed. The structutje takes …