Prioritized slotted multiple access protocols for bank LANs

Abstract

SUMMARYFour classes of traffic are present in a bank communication system: Alarm, BSC, SNA and IP traffic, with each class of traffic having different priority requirements. In this paper, a prioritized multiple access protocol is introduced which is capable of handling the above priority classes. The proposed protocol makes use of learning automata in order to dynamically assign the available bandwidth to the priority classes. In this way, it is capable of being adapted to the traffic conditions. The proposed protocol, is applicable to a broad range of prioritized LANs, as it can be easily extended to support multiple classes of traffic.

Hybrid prioritized multiple access protocols for bank LANs

“…A prioritized slotted multiple access protocol (PRISMA) that operates according the above rules is presented in Reference [2]. Although this protocol efficiently integrates the above prioritization rules, it suffers from a significant restriction.…”

“…It should be noted that the above rules are defined by the specific needs of bank communication systems [1][2][3][4][5] and are significantly different from the rules usually used in prioritized protocols.…”

“…There are four classes of traffic in a bank communication system [1][2][3][4][5]: (i) Alarm traffic which is generated by the bank alarm systems and the alarm mainframe. Traffic of this class has Urgent Priority.…”

On the design of hybrid prioritized multiple access protocols for bank data center LANs

“…A prioritized slotted multiple access protocol (PRISMA) that operates according the above rules is pre sented in [2]. Although this protocol efficiently integrates the above prioritization rules, it suffers from a significant restriction.…”