Title :
A flexible virtual path topology design algorithm
Author :
Qureshi, Rashid ; Harms, Janelle
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
Virtual paths in ATM networks can provide a useful facility to the network resulting in reduction of connection setup cost and providing a means of dynamic routing and bandwidth allocation, resilience against network failures and simplified network management. However, the virtual path topology must be designed with certain properties in order to achieve these facilities. We discuss the desired properties of a VP overlay and propose a flexible algorithm to generate VP topologies. The performance is compared with other existing approaches
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; network topology; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; ATM networks; VP overlay; bandwidth allocation; connection setup cost reduction; dynamic routing; flexible algorithm; network failures; nonuniform traffic; performance; simplified network management; uniform traffic; virtual path topology design algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Asynchronous transfer mode; Channel allocation; Computer network management; Computer networks; Costs; Network topology; Resilience; Routing; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4198-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.644577
