Polling in a multidrop communication system: Waiting line analysis

Abstract

A communication system is considered which consists of buffered input terminals linked by means of a multidrop line to an output device. Data enters the system through the terminals and the service operation is the transfer of data units to the output device. The terminals are sequentially polled; each terminal holds the channel until its buffer is emptied. The input processes are assumed to be independent and to have stationary independent increments. The stationary queue length distribution is calculated.