Characterizing an ATM LAN switch under bursty traffic /
Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) is an emerging technology in
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) is an emerging technology in the field of communications. It is the technique of choice for the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B- ISDN) Networks. Recently, there has been much effort to em ploy this technology in the Local Area Networks(LAN's). ATM provides dedicated bandwidth to hosts instead of sharing the bandwidth among many hosts. However, a bottleneck exists in the ATM LAN switch, which has to be designed to handle extreme traffic loads. This research describes an effort to model and simulate an ATM LAN under different kinds of data traffic inputs. Uniform random traffic distribution is used to validate our simulation setup for functionality and accuracy of data collected. The behavior of the switch is also studied by assuming Poisson arrivals for input traffic. The burstiness of data traffic is then modeled with a geometric distribution and the performance of the switch is studied and compared with the uniform random traffic input case. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major subject: Electrical Engineering". |
| Physical Description: | x, 66 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |