An improved model for evaluating blocking probability in generalized connectors

Author

Zegura, Ellen Witte

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

12-16 Jun 1994

Firstpage

455

Abstract

The authors present an improved model for evaluating blocking probability in generalized connectors. The new model extends an earlier result to allow more flexibility in specifying traffic fanout characteristics and network routing algorithms. Included as special cases are both the previous model and Pippenger´s (1975) exact model for blocking in connectors. Equations are derived for computing the blocking probability for the class of series-parallel networks. They investigate the accuracy of the approximation by comparing the blocking probability computed using the equations with measured simulation data

Keywords

probability; switching networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; accuracy; approximation; blocking probability; generalized connectors; measured simulation data; network routing algorithms; series-parallel networks; traffic fanout characteristics; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Connectors; Educational institutions; Equations; Routing; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '94. Networking for Global Communications., 13th Proceedings IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5570-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1994.337698

Filename

337698