• DocumentCode
    1250734
  • Title

    A Markov chain model for an optical shared-memory packet switch

  • Author

    Bergstrom, P.D., Jr. ; Ingram, M.A. ; Vernon, A.J. ; Hughes, J.L.A. ; Tetali, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    1593
  • Lastpage
    1603
  • Abstract
    This paper first presents a Markov chain that exactly models an optical shared-memory packet switch. Without loss in model accuracy, this Markov chain state size is greatly reduced to form a reduced Markov chain (RMC). A simplified construction method is given to make the RMC tractable. Throughput and probability of packet loss derived using the RMC are also presented.
  • Keywords
    Markov processes; optical switches; packet switching; probability; shared memory systems; telecommunication traffic; Markov chain model; Markov chain state size reduction; model accuracy; optical shared-memory packet switch; packet loss probability; throughput; uniform traffic conditions; Buffer storage; Communication switching; Optical buffering; Optical losses; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switching; Performance analysis; Throughput; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/26.795827
  • Filename
    795827