Title :
On traffic shaping in ATM networks
Author :
Lehr, Robert C. ; Mark, Jon W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a simple, but effective traffic shaping mechanism which can greatly reduce the burstiness of a traffic source. Burstiness is defined here as the variance of the inter-cell-spaces or the interarrival times of a source. The shaping is performed based on the source characteristics, which are assumed to be known a priori. It is shown that various traffic sources can be shaped into a nearly deterministic on-off source. The shaped sources are then passed through a multiplexer, and its buffer occupancy is compared to the case of unshaped sources
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; ATM networks; buffer occupancy; burstiness; deterministic on-off source; inter-cell-spaces; interarrival times; multiplexer; source characteristics; traffic shaping; traffic source; traffic sources; unshaped sources; Asynchronous transfer mode; Communication system traffic control; Intelligent networks; Multiplexing; Shape; Smoothing methods; Spine; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Singapore ICCS '94. Conference Proceedings.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2046-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICCS.1994.474199
