A hybrid interconnection network for integrated communication services

Author

Chen, Yi-long ; Liu, Jyh-Cham

Author_Institution

Northern Telecom Inc., Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

1-5 Apr 1997

Firstpage

341

Lastpage

345

Abstract

This paper presents a hybrid interconnection network architecture to support integrated communication services for multicomputer-based database and multimedia systems. Our study shows that existing wormhole routing networks are inefficient in transfer of long files. We demonstrate the feasibility of integrating different network techniques based on virtual channels and flexible routing mechanisms

Keywords

ISDN; computer networks; distributed databases; multimedia communication; multiprocessor interconnection networks; performance evaluation; telecommunication channels; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication services; flexible routing mechanisms; hybrid interconnection network; integrated communication services; long file transfer; multicomputer-based database systems; multicomputer-based multimedia systems; virtual channels; wormhole routing networks; Communication switching; Delay; Integrated circuit interconnections; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Network servers; Routing; Switching circuits; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Processing Symposium, 1997. Proceedings., 11th International

Conference_Location

Genva

ISSN

1063-7133

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7793-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPPS.1997.580924

Filename

580924