Theoretical performance analysis on transmission reserve table buffer with triage ranking for resource-limited control networks

Performance of the ‘transmission reserve table’ (TRT) buffer, which the authors recently proposed, is theoretically investigated. The buffer's triage ranking queuing was designed for resource‐limited control networks that are possibly exposed to a rush of control commands. Our previous study analyzed the performance of the TRT buffer by means of computer simulation. In this paper, we derive a stochastic analytical model for the TRT buffer and verify the model in comparison with computer simulations. Theoretical calculation demonstrates that the triage ranking of the TRT plays a crucial role in keeping the real‐timeness of the control network even in a rush of commands by our triage ranking mechanism. © 2015 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.