Computer network reliability analysis of a dual ring network: Federal University of Technology, Minna (Gidan Kwanu Campus) as a case study

Abstract

In the reliability analysis of computer networks there are different approaches to tackling the task. For dual ring networks, k-terminal reliability is preferred and used in this work. A concise description of the campus network studied is given. In this work a reliability analysis of a computer network is done using K-terminal reliability measure to give an index for comparison and define network performance indicators that affect the reliability of the computer network. .In the reliability evaluation, the terminal stations/nodes are seen as to be made up of different critical components and is treated as such. Plots of reliability index against these components of the stations show very low values when priority is placed on only one node as is the case in the understudied network. Different parameters affect the reliability of the network and are evaluated in the work.