Improvement in reliability of the token ring network by reversal of token in case of a single component failure
- Resource Type
- Authors
- R.N. Chakraborty; Ece Yaprak
- Source
- Proceedings of 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
- Subject
- Intelligent Network
Token passing
Suzuki-Kasami algorithm
business.industry
Computer science
Ring network
Fault tolerance
Network topology
business
Security token
Token ring
Computer network
Token bus network
- Language
The inherent functional property of the unidirectional token movement in a token ring network, is modified in this paper and an algorithm is presented that enables the continuity of operation, in case of a single link component failure, thereby improving the system reliability of a basic conventional token ring network. This phase of operation is temporary until the maintenance restores the normal ring operation. Also the partition of network in case of multi-failure is proposed for single link token ring. The disadvantage of asymmetric time-wait is discussed at the end. >