Packet switching in connection-oriented networks that may have multiple parallel links between pairs of switches is considered. An e cient packet-scheduling algorithm that guarantees a deterministic quality of service to connections with real-time constraints is proposed { this algorithm is a generalization of some recent multiprocessor scheduling algorithms, and o ers realtime performance guarantees similar to those o ered by earlier fair-scheduling strategies such as Weighted Fair Queueing and proportional-share schemes.
James H. Anderson, Sanjoy K. Baruah, Kevin Jeffay