A control-ahead ATM switch architecture and its performance

Author

Yamamoto, Miki ; Tode, Hideki ; Okada, Hiromi ; Tezuka, Yoshikazu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

9

Issue

9

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1549

Lastpage

1559

Abstract

An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch architecture that uses the broadcasting transmission medium for transmission of cells from input ports to output ports is introduced. Cell transmission and its control are separated completely, and cell transmission control, i.e. header operation, is executed before cell transmission (control ahead). With this operation, cell transmission and its control can be executed in a pipeline style, allowing high-speed cell exchange and making transmission control easier. One of the essential problems for ATM switches which use the broadcasting transmission medium is high-speed operation of the transmission medium. The switch fabric performance is analyzed according to its switching speed. Numerical results show that the ATM switch proposed shows good cell loss performance even when its switching speed is restricted, provided that switch utilization is below 1. Extensions to the switch that lead to robustness against bursty traffic are shown

Keywords

ISDN; broadband networks; electronic switching systems; time division multiplexing; B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; broadcasting transmission medium; bursty traffic; cell loss performance; cell transmission control; control-ahead ATM switch architecture; header operation; high-speed cell exchange; switch fabric performance; switching speed; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Broadcasting; Communication switching; Communication system traffic control; Fabrics; Packet switching; Switches; Switching circuits; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.108690

Filename

108690