Title :
An integrated transport technique for circuit and packet switched traffic
Author_Institution :
Bell Commun. Res., Morristown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
An approach to achieving integrated transmission of packet and circuit traffic is proposed. Starting with dynamic time-division multiplexing (DTDM), integrated multiplexing techniques based on block-level processing are described together with their design architecture. These multiplexing techniques allow the handling of both bursty traffic and continuous time-multiplexed signals through the same physical multiplexer, while maintaining a design complexity that is not greater than that of a conventional time division multiplexer. By incorporating these multiplexing techniques into the existing network, DTDM will provide a practical migration strategy from the existing predominantly circuit-switched network to a future broadband packet-switched network
Keywords :
broadband networks; packet switching; telecommunication traffic; time division multiplexing; block-level processing; broadband packet-switched network; bursty traffic; circuit switched traffic; continuous time-multiplexed signals; design architecture; dynamic time-division multiplexing; integrated transport technique; packet switched traffic; Communication switching; Environmental economics; Frequency synchronization; North America; Packet switching; SONET; Switches; Switching circuits; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM '88. Networks: Evolution or Revolution, Proceedings. Seventh Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communcations Societies, IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0833-1
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.1988.12904
