Local Area Network Evaluation by MICROSS Extensions.
Abstract
This report reflects the work done during the third year of the three year project on Control, Synchronisation and Fault-Tolerant Operations in Variable Topology Multicomputer Systems. The overall purpose of the research work has been to investigate the architecture of a network of low cost computers (mini- or microcomputers) linked with serial communication paths which can be reconfigured according to the needs of each computation. This led to a novel architecture named Variable Topology Multicomputer, or VTM for short, developed by a previous three year US European Office Grant. The second year's work has undertaken the evaluation of a number of interconnection topologies. The third, and the final, year of this work concentrated on extending MICROSS to be able to model local area networks (LAN's). During 1979-81, a distributed computing simulation package called MICROSS wa designed and developed. This system enables a designer to enter the specifications fo a multi-processor system in terms of topology, transmission line and processor characteristics in an interactive manner. Following a simulation phase the reporting is done by plotting performance figures such as delay times, throughput, etc. Thus MICROSS is a powerful package to evaluate various architectural approaches and topologies graphically in an interactive manner.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA146773
Entities
People
- Y. Paker
Organizations
- University of Westminster