A CELL SELECTION POLICY FOR AN INPUT-BUFFERED PACKET SWITCH

A. Bilami, M. Lalam, M. Daoui, and B. Djamah

Keywords

Switch, Multistage Interconnection Network (MIN), Benes network,self routing, VHDL

Abstract

The literature contains many theoretical solutions to the design of high-performance packet switches, related to buffering, selection, and routing functionalities. Different selection policies and scheduling algorithms providing 100% throughput, such as MSM, MWM, and the like, have been proposed. However, in practice many of them introduce a high complexity and are not feasible. In this paper, we suggest a simple cell selection policy implemented by hardware for an input-queuing architecture using a multistage interconnection network. The proposal is described and simulated using a VHDL language. Performances in terms of delay, throughput, and cell loss are evaluated.

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