COMNET III

COMNET III Reports and Statistics
1.7 Aloha, CMSA, CMSA/CA, CMSA/CD and C.A.N. Link Monitors
The contention channel is the primary channel for data communications on the link.
Statistics for the control channel transmission delay are only gathered when the control
channel has been enabled on the Link Specifics tab, and a Control Node has been specified.
The control channel allows the non control nodes attached to the link to respond to control
node messages along a contention free channel.
Contention Channel Utilization
Control Channel Utilization
Measure the percent of capacity at which the contention channel of the
link is utilized.
Measure the percent of capacity at which the control channel of the link
is utilized.
Contention Channel Transmission Delay
Control Channel Transmission Delay
Deferral Delay
Deferral Queue Size
Multiple Collision Episodes
Collisions Per Collided Frame
Contention Channel Frame Size
Control Channel Frame Size
Measure the link layer frame delay of the contention channel.
Measure the link layer frame delay of the control channel.
Measure the delay time of a link layer frame to transmit when the frame
detects that the link is busy and "defers" transmission until the link is
idle. This measure only applies to the contention channel.
Measure the queue size of link layer frames that have deferred
transmission until a busy link becomes idle. This measure only applies
to the contention channel.
Measure the number of times that two or more link layer frames collided.
Measure the number of link layer frames that collided per collision episode.
Measure the size of the link layer frames being transmitted across the
contention channel.
This monitor measures the size of the link layer frames being transmitted
across the control channel.
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