A switching architecture for asynchronous time sharing

Author

Lazar, Aurel A. ; Gidron, Rafael ; Temple, Adam

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

27-30 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1166

Abstract

The concept of asynchronous time sharing is based on a multiclass network model and a distributed scheduling algorithm that provides guaranteed quality of service. There are three traffic classes for transporting user information and a fourth class for network management and control. Access to resources is resolved through a scheduling mechanism based on time sharing and space partitioning. A generic switching architecture that supports asynchronous time sharing and guarantees quality of service as negotiated at call setup is presented. The architecture exhibits switch fabric independence and only requires that the switch fabric be nonblocking. An operating implementation is described in detail

Keywords

scheduling; switching systems; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; time-sharing systems; asynchronous time sharing; multiclass network model; network management; quality of service; resources access; scheduling mechanism; space partitioning; switch fabric independence; traffic classes; user information transport; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Communication system traffic control; Fabrics; Quality of service; Scheduling algorithm; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Time sharing computer systems; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition 'Communications Technology for the 1990s and Beyond' (GLOBECOM), 1989. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1989.64139

Filename

64139