Title :
On the Number of Switching Modes Generated by Time-Optimal Algorithms for SS/TDMA Systems
Author :
Bongiovanni, Giancarlo ; Bovet, Daniel Pierre
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
fDate :
3/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An important parameter related to the efficiency of algorithms for data transmission on SS/TDMA systems is the number of switching modes they generate. It is shown in this note that time-optimal algorithms produce the maximum number of switchings only if the transmission duration

is exponential in

, where

is the number of channels. This result explains the good performance exhibited by those algorithms in several simulation results.
Keywords :
Communication switching; Switching, communication; TDMA (time-division multiple-access); Time-division multiple-access; Communication networks; Communication switching; Computer networks; Data communication; Delay; Inspection; Network servers; Switches; Time division multiple access; Traffic control;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1987.1096760