An Analysis of the Reliability Overhead Generated by the JRM-Protocol

  • Gunther Stuer
  • Jan Broeckhove
  • Frans Arickx
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 2657)

Abstract

An important aspect of any reliable communications protocol is its robustness against adverse network conditions. This paper presents a stochastic model for predicting the overhead introduced by the error handling algorithms of the JRM-protocol for various levels of network degeneration. To validate the model, a series of experiments were conducted. This paper compares those experiments with the predictions of the model.

Keywords

Virtual Environment Multicast Group Message Size Total Throughput Network Interface Card 
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Copyright information

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Gunther Stuer
    • 1
  • Jan Broeckhove
    • 1
  • Frans Arickx
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Mathematics and Computer ScienceUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium

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