Discrete time dynamic flow model of DQDB behavior

A detailed analytical model of metropolitan area networks (MANs) is developed. The model is based on balance equations for discrete time flows. Computation times needed to find a numerical solution are low, so that one can investigate networks with a large number of arbitrarily spaced stations subject to bursty traffic. The model is used to investigate behavior of the distributed queue dual bus (DQDB) network and the access protection and priority control protocol. >