Performance Evaluation and High Speed Switching Fabrics and Networks : ATM, Broadband ISDN, and MAN Technology

INTRODUCTION.

A Survey of Modern High-Performance Switching Techniques (H. Ahmadi & W. Denzel).

FOUNDATIONS.

Analysis and Simulation of Buffered Delta Networks (D. Dias & J. Jump).

Performance of Processor-Memory Interconnections for Multiprocessors (J. Patel).

The Performance of Multistage Interconnection Networks for Multiprocessors (C. Kruskal & M. Snir).

Performance Analysis of a Packet Switch Based on Single-Buffered Banyan Network (Y.-C. Jenq).

NONBLOCKING SWITCH ANALYSIS.

Input Versus Output Queueing on a Space-Division Packet Switch (M. Karol, et al.).

A Broadband Packet Switch for Integrated Transport (J. Hui & E. Arthurs).

Nonblocking Networks for Fast Packet Switching (R. Melen & J. Turner).

Multi-Log₂ N Networks and Their Applications in High-Speed Electronic and Photonic Switching Systems (C.-T. Lea).

Performance Study of an Input Queueing Packet Switch with Two Priority Classes (J. Chen & R. Guérin).

Effect of Speedup in Nonblocking Packet Switch (Y. Oie, et al. ).

Throughput Analysis, Optimal Buffer Allocation, and Traffic Imbalance Study of a Generic Nonblocking Packet Switch (J. Chen & T. Stern).

Comparison of Buffering Strategies for Asymmetric Packet Switch Modules (S. Liew & K. Lu).

Nonuniform Traffic Analysis on a Nonblocking Space-Division Packet Switch (S.-Q. Li).

Performance Evaluation of a Batcher-Banyan Interconnection Network with Output Pooling (A. Pattavina).

Performance of a Nonblocking Space-Division Packet Switch with Correlated Input Traffic (S.-Q. Li).

BLOCKING SWITCH ANALYSIS.

Performance Analysis of Multibuffered Packet-Switching Networks in Multiprocessor Systems (H. Yoon, et al. al.).

Performance of Buffered Banyan Networks Under Nonuniform Traffic Patterns (H. Kim & A. Leon-Garcia).

Design and Analysis of Buffered Crossbars and Banyans with Cut-through Switching (T. Szymanski & C. Fang).

Performance Analysis of Buffered Banyan Networks (T. Theimer, et al.).

Priority Performance of Banyan-based Broadband-ISDN Switches (S. Tridandapani & J. Meditch).

KNOCKOUT-BASED SWITCHING.

The Knockout Switch: A Simple, Modular Architecture for High Performance Packet Switching (Y.-S. Yeh, et al.).

Performance Analysis of a Growable Architecture for Broad-Band Packet (ATM) Switching (M. Karol & C.-L. I).

Performance of Output-Buffered Banyan Networks with Arbitrary Buffer Sizes (H. Kim, et al.).

MULTICAST SWITCHES.

Nonblocking Copy Networks for Multicast Packet Switching (T. Lee).

Performance of a Broadcast Packet Switch (R. Bebenik & J. Turner).

Performance Analysis of a Multicast Switch (J. Hayes, et al.).

First Stage Multicasting in a Growable Packet (ATM) Switch (D. Marchok & C. Rohrs).

Call Scheduling Algorithms in a Multicast Switch (C.-K. Kim & T. Lee).

TOROIDAL SWITCHING NETWORKS.

The Manhattan Street Network (N. Maxemchuk).

HR⁴-Net: A Hierarchical Random-Routing Reliable and Reconfigurable Network for Metropolitan Area (F. Borgonovo & E. Cadorin).

Signal Flow Graphs for Path Enumeration and Deflection Routing Analysis in Multihop Networks (E. Ayanoğlu).

Sharp Approximate Models of Deflection Routing in Mesh Networks (A. Greenberg & J. Goodman).

Performance Analysis of Deflection Routing in the Manhattan Street Network (A. Choudhury & V. Li).

Effect of a Finite Reassembly Buffer on the Performance of Deflection Routing (A. Choudhury & N. Maxemchuk).

Nonuniform Traffic in the Manhattan Street Network (J. Brassil & R. Cruz).

SHUFFLE NETWORK SWITCHING NETWORKS.

Performance of Shuffle-Like Switching Networks with Deflection (A. Krishna & B. Hajek).

Shuffle Interconnection Networks with Deflection Routing for ATM Switching: The Closed-Loop Shuffleout (M. Dècina, et al.).

HOT SPOTS, PACKET TRAINS, AND OTHER EXTENSIONS.

Multipath Interconnection: A Technique for Reducing Congestion within Fast Packet Switching Fabrics (G. Anido & A. Seeto).

A Self-Routing Multistage Switching Network for Broadband ISDN (H. Kim & A. Leon-Garcia).

Analysis, Control and Design of Crossbar and Banyan Based Broadband Packet Switches for Integrated Traffic (S. Shaikh, et al.).

An Analysis of "Hot-Potato" Routing in a Fiber Optic Packet Switched Hypercube (T. Szymanski).

A Modular Architecture for Very Large Packet Switches (T. Lee).

Stochastic Models for ATM Switching Networks (A. Descloux).

On Nonuniform Packet Switched Delta Networks and the Hot-Spot Effect (P. Harrison).

Performance of Statistical Multiplexers with Finite Number of Inputs and Train Arrivals (Y. Xiong & H. Bruneel).

Epilogue.

Subject Index.

Editor's Biography.