—We present a scheduling protocol, called time-shift scheduling, to forward packets from multiple input flows to a single output channel. Each input flow is guaranteed a predet...
Jorge Arturo Cobb, Mohamed G. Gouda, Amal El-Nahas
Abstract—The total transmission capacity required by a transport network to satisfy demand and protect it from failures contributes significantly to its cost, especially in long...
Rainer R. Iraschko, Mike H. MacGregor, Wayne D. Gr...
— This paper investigates in detail the blocking and nonblocking behavior of multirate Clos switching networks at the connection/virtual connection level. The results are applica...
—Clusters of identical intermediate servers are often created to improve availability and robustness in many domains. The use of proxy servers for the World Wide Web (WWW) and of...
—The notion of effective bandwidths has provided a useful practical framework for connection admission control and capacity planning in high-speed communication networks. The ass...