Research Article
Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.1 Ethernet Audio/Video Bridging Standard
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247747, author={Hyung-Taek Lim and Daniel Herrscher and Martin Waltl and Firas Chaari}, title={Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.1 Ethernet Audio/Video Bridging Standard}, proceedings={Fifth International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS}, year={2012}, month={6}, keywords={quality-of-service (qos) real-time communication ieee 8021 ethernet audio/video bridging (avb)}, doi={10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247747} }- Hyung-Taek Lim
Daniel Herrscher
Martin Waltl
Firas Chaari
Year: 2012
Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.1 Ethernet Audio/Video Bridging Standard
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247747
Abstract
Switched Ethernet is widely used for all kinds of applications. However, for demanding multimedia streaming applications in a fully-loaded network, legacy Ethernet is not the best choice due to its limited Quality-of-Service (QoS) support. The new specification of the IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) standard, an extension to legacy Ethernet, provides the QoS features needed for multimedia streaming: Time synchronized low latency streaming services and bandwidth reservation on Layer-2. In this work, we study and analyze the AVB standard based on a simulation approach to verify the specified constraints and to determine the feasibility of the mechanisms in a switched Ethernet network. We use the simulation tool OMNeT++ and extend the existing INET-framework to support all the required protocols specified in the IEEE 802.1 AVB standard.