Performance evaluation of burst-based bandwidth-reservation method in ATM networks

✍ Scribed by Naoki Wakamiya; Ken-Ichi Baba; Masayuki Murata; Hideo Miyahara

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1000 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8756-6621
• DOI: 10.1002/ecja.4410771103

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This paper considers the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network and evaluates the burst‐based allocation of the virtual channel (VC) bandwidth. In the traditional call‐based bandwidth allocation by statistical multiplexing based on the bursty property of the traffic, the cell loss is inevitable due to the short‐term traffic congestion.

This paper also considers the data terminal where the transmission rate can be adjusted through the negotiation with the network and evaluates the burst‐based bandwidth allocation mechanism. It is assumed in the proposed method that the virtual path (VP) is already divided into a number of channels and the channel is allocated for each burst. The data transfer by such a bandwidth‐reservation method is evaluated quantitatively by an analytical approach, and an adequate division into VP channels is indicated.