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The Real-time Message Transport Protocol (RMTP) and the Real-Time Internetwork Protocol (RTIP) are the transport and network layer data delivery protocols in the Tenet Protocol Suite. We implemented the protocols in Ultrix on the DECstation 5000 workstations and in HP/UX on the HP 9000/7000 workstations. A preliminary measurement study has been conducted to evaluate the performance of the prototype implementation. Some of the results are: the throughput obtained by using RMTP/RTIP is comparable to that obtained by using raw IP; the rate control mechanism in RMTP/RTIP effectively enforces the traffic specification of communication clients; the scheduling mechanism in RTIP protects the real-time channel so that the performance of a real-time channel is not affected by the presence of IP traffic or other real-time channels in the network.
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under Cooperative Agreement NCR-8919038 with the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, by AT&T Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., Pacific Bell, the University of California under a MICRO grant, and the International Computer Science Institute. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors, and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government or any of the sponsoring organizations.
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Zhang, H., Fisher, T. (1993). Preliminary measurement of the RMTP/RTIP. In: Venkat Rangan, P. (eds) Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video. NOSSDAV 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 712. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57183-3_17
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