A taxonomy of rerouting in circuit-switched networks

Author

Wong, Eric W M ; Chan, Andy K M ; Yum, Tak-Shing Peter

Author_Institution

City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Volume

37

Issue

11

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

116

Lastpage

122

Abstract

In circuit-switched networks it is well known that dynamic routing can provide significant throughput gain over fixed routing. Rerouting is the practice of routing calls currently on alternate paths to direct paths or other less congested alternate paths. Previous studies have shown that rerouting can not only increase the throughput of dynamic routing, but also maintain network stability without the need for trunk reservation. This article presents a taxonomy of rerouting in circuit-switched networks showing the various ways rerouting can be designed. In addition, a comparative study on a number of rerouting schemes are performed in a uniformly loaded, fully connected circuit-switched network

Keywords

circuit switching; stability; telecommunication network routing; telephone networks; call routing; circuit-switched networks; dynamic routing; network stability; rerouting; telephone network; throughput gain; uniformly loaded network; Asynchronous transfer mode; Centralized control; Circuit stability; Intelligent networks; Routing; Switching circuits; Taxonomy; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.803660

Filename

803660