Switching Theory

For telecommunications engineers and researchers looking to learn about broadband networks based on the ATM standard, no other book combines the analysis of ATM theory, architecture, and performance in a single volume.Alles uber die Vermittlung in Breitband-ATM-Netzwerken - Theorie, Architektur und Leistungsmerkmale - erstmals in einem einzigen Buch zusammengefa?t! Samtliche analytischen Modelle zur Bestimmung der Leistungsfahigkeit verschiedener Vermittlungsarchitekturen werden in die Tiefe gehend diskutiert. Der Autor ist ein anerkannter Spezialist auf diesem Gebiet, dessen kommerzielle Bedeutung standig zunimmt.(11/97) Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network.

Interconnection Networks.

Rearrangeable Networks.

Non-Blocking Networks.

ATM Switch Model.

ATM Switching with Minimum-Depth Blocking Networks.

ATM Switching with Non-Blocking Single-Queueing Networks.

ATM Switching with Non-Blocking Multiple-Queueing Networks.

ATM Switching with Arbitrary-Depth Blocking Networks.

Appendix.

Index. Preface;
Acknowledgments;
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network;
Interconnection Networks;
Rearrangeable Networks;
Non-Blocking Networks;
ATM Switch Model;
ATM Switching with Minimum Depth Blocking Network;
ATM Switching with Non-Blocking Single-Queueing Networks;
ATM Switching with Non-Blocking Multiple-Queueing Networks;
ATM Switching with Arbitrary-Depth Blocking Networks;
Appendix: Synchronous Queues.

Achille Pattavina is the author of Switching Theory: Architecture and Performance in Broadband ATM Networks, published by Wiley. Many established communications switching systems can no longer cope with the increasing quantity and complexity of modern teletraffic issues. Internationally acclaimed switching specialist Achille Pattavina has developed a radical approach to this problem which marks a significant technological breakthrough for telecommunications carriers and service providers. Applying university research to the emerging problem of bandwidth constraint, this new analysis of ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) switching principles, design and operation provides: Coverage of switching in Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks (B-ISDNs) by means of Multistage Interconnection Networks Technical coverage of packet switching components Exposition of innovative techniques to minimise ATM cell loss and delay Methodology for combining fixed-length ATM packeting with advanced VLSI (Very Large Scale integrated Circuit) technology Development and application of Sorting and Banyan Network theories For telecommunications switching design engineers this book supplies detailed information about the use of ATM by an esteemed network engineer and IEEE Fellow. As a technical guide to the structural characteristics of ATM packet switches it will also be useful to advanced researchers and students of broadband communications switching.