IBP-Masi
1995/30:
Rapport de Recherche Masi /
Masi research reports
15 pages - Décembre/December 1995 -
Document en anglais.
PostScript : Ko /Kb
Titre / Title: Is it possible to use Monopath ATM Switches under Multiple or Single Source to Single Destination Bursty Traffic ?
Abstract : ATM is the technique recommended by the ITU-T for broadband ISDN. Performance of ATM network will depend on the performance of ATM switches. Several interconnection networks were proposed to design those switches. The most commonly used are mono-path networks (e.g. Banyan or Delta networks).
The main problem when designing a switch is due to the fact that the future traffic is unknown. Traffics are expected to be bursty. Input processes into one switch are not mostly source processes (voice, data or video traffic), they are mostly output processes from other switches. It has been shown that the input traffic will be bursty and often unbalanced.
In this paper, we investigate the following problem : is it possible to use and dimension those monopath interconnection networks under quite realistic traffic conditions ? Performance problems of such interconnection networks are presented under classical traffic assumptions : bursty Interrupted Bernoulli Processes for which cells of a given burst are assumed to belong to the same Virtual Channel. Two cases are studied : in the first one, called Multiple Source to Single Destination (MSSD), several bursts can be directed to the same output port. In the second one, called Single Source to Single Destination (SSSD), only one burst can be directed to a given output port. An exact model of the first stage is proposed and simulations are used to study the whole switch.
It is shown that those interconnection networks are not well adapted to such traffics. (it can be seen from the first stage study, it can be seen from the whole simulation, too.). Multipath networks such as Clos networks would be better
Publications internes Masi 1995 / Masi research reports 1995