Available Bit Rate (ABR) service has been developed to support data applications to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks.Since a ratebased feedback flow control mechanism has been selected as a standard by ATM Fo...Available Bit Rate (ABR) service has been developed to support data applications to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks.Since a ratebased feedback flow control mechanism has been selected as a standard by ATM Forum,buffering becomes an issue that needs intensive study.In this paper,the queuing performance in a switch is studied in detail.It is theoretically proven that the goals of no cell loss and full utilization of link capacity can be achieved by choosing an appropriate buffersize and threshold of the switch buffer which is supported by our simulation results of a complex network.展开更多
文摘Available Bit Rate (ABR) service has been developed to support data applications to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks.Since a ratebased feedback flow control mechanism has been selected as a standard by ATM Forum,buffering becomes an issue that needs intensive study.In this paper,the queuing performance in a switch is studied in detail.It is theoretically proven that the goals of no cell loss and full utilization of link capacity can be achieved by choosing an appropriate buffersize and threshold of the switch buffer which is supported by our simulation results of a complex network.
