Thesis (Ph. D.)--Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. / Xu, Jun, Committee Chair ; Ahamad, Mustaque, Committee Member ; Ammar, Mostafa, Committee Member ; Bing, Benny, Committee Member ; Zegura, Ellen, Committee Member.

A method of performance improvement of token ring networks is presented, based on the use of stations with two latency states. Station latency is defined as the time delay introduced in passing data through a station. Most token ring protocol standards (e.g. IEEE 802.5 or ANSI X3T9.5) require incoming data to be decoded and encoded in the station before transmission onto the ring. These encoding and decoding operations add significantly to the station latency. The bypassing of the encoding and decoding steps is proposed, which improves the mean message waiting time. A detailed evaluation and comparison of the networks is based on both analytical and simulation results. The performance of identical stations and symmetric traffic is obtained analytically. A discrete event simulation model for a token ring network is written in GPSS for general traffic. Results show a significant reduction in mean waiting time for the dual latency ring, with performance approaching or exceeding that of gated and exhaustive service, for certain ranges of network utilization. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (M. Sc. (Computer Science))--Rhodes University, 2003.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (p.116-121).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-189). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Report (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. M.S. 1992. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 60). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Carleton University, 1992. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Zhenhai Duan, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Computer Science. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 26, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 50 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Li, Geoffrey Ye; Committee Member: Ma, Xiaoli; Committee Member: Stuber, Gordon; Committee Member: Wardi, Yorai; Committee Member: Yu, Xingxing. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.