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Satellite B-ISDN traffic analysis
The impact of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) traffic on the advanced satellite broadband integrated services digital network (B-ISDN) with onboard processing is reported. Simulation models were built to analyze the cell transfer performance through the statistical multiplexer at the earth station and the fast packet switch at the satellite. The effectiveness of ground ATM cell preprocessing was established, as well as the performance of several schemes for improving the down-link beam utilization when the space segment employs a fast packet switch
Concave Switching in Single and Multihop Networks
Switched queueing networks model wireless networks, input queued switches and
numerous other networked communications systems. For single-hop networks, we
consider a {()-switch policy} which combines the MaxWeight policies
with bandwidth sharing networks -- a further well studied model of Internet
congestion. We prove the maximum stability property for this class of
randomized policies. Thus these policies have the same first order behavior as
the MaxWeight policies. However, for multihop networks some of these
generalized polices address a number of critical weakness of the
MaxWeight/BackPressure policies.
For multihop networks with fixed routing, we consider the Proportional
Scheduler (or (1,log)-policy). In this setting, the BackPressure policy is
maximum stable, but must maintain a queue for every route-destination, which
typically grows rapidly with a network's size. However, this proportionally
fair policy only needs to maintain a queue for each outgoing link, which is
typically bounded in number. As is common with Internet routing, by maintaining
per-link queueing each node only needs to know the next hop for each packet and
not its entire route. Further, in contrast to BackPressure, the Proportional
Scheduler does not compare downstream queue lengths to determine weights, only
local link information is required. This leads to greater potential for
decomposed implementations of the policy. Through a reduction argument and an
entropy argument, we demonstrate that, whilst maintaining substantially less
queueing overhead, the Proportional Scheduler achieves maximum throughput
stability.Comment: 28 page
Advanced information processing system: The Army fault tolerant architecture conceptual study. Volume 2: Army fault tolerant architecture design and analysis
Described here is the Army Fault Tolerant Architecture (AFTA) hardware architecture and components and the operating system. The architectural and operational theory of the AFTA Fault Tolerant Data Bus is discussed. The test and maintenance strategy developed for use in fielded AFTA installations is presented. An approach to be used in reducing the probability of AFTA failure due to common mode faults is described. Analytical models for AFTA performance, reliability, availability, life cycle cost, weight, power, and volume are developed. An approach is presented for using VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) to describe and design AFTA's developmental hardware. A plan is described for verifying and validating key AFTA concepts during the Dem/Val phase. Analytical models and partial mission requirements are used to generate AFTA configurations for the TF/TA/NOE and Ground Vehicle missions
On Time Synchronization Issues in Time-Sensitive Networks with Regulators and Nonideal Clocks
Flow reshaping is used in time-sensitive networks (as in the context of IEEE
TSN and IETF Detnet) in order to reduce burstiness inside the network and to
support the computation of guaranteed latency bounds. This is performed using
per-flow regulators (such as the Token Bucket Filter) or interleaved regulators
(as with IEEE TSN Asynchronous Traffic Shaping). Both types of regulators are
beneficial as they cancel the increase of burstiness due to multiplexing inside
the network. It was demonstrated, by using network calculus, that they do not
increase the worst-case latency. However, the properties of regulators were
established assuming that time is perfect in all network nodes. In reality,
nodes use local, imperfect clocks. Time-sensitive networks exist in two
flavours: (1) in non-synchronized networks, local clocks run independently at
every node and their deviations are not controlled and (2) in synchronized
networks, the deviations of local clocks are kept within very small bounds
using for example a synchronization protocol (such as PTP) or a satellite based
geo-positioning system (such as GPS). We revisit the properties of regulators
in both cases. In non-synchronized networks, we show that ignoring the timing
inaccuracies can lead to network instability due to unbounded delay in per-flow
or interleaved regulators. We propose and analyze two methods (rate and burst
cascade, and asynchronous dual arrival-curve method) for avoiding this problem.
In synchronized networks, we show that there is no instability with per-flow
regulators but, surprisingly, interleaved regulators can lead to instability.
To establish these results, we develop a new framework that captures industrial
requirements on clocks in both non-synchronized and synchronized networks, and
we develop a toolbox that extends network calculus to account for clock
imperfections.Comment: ACM SIGMETRICS 2020 Boston, Massachusetts, USA June 8-12, 202
Integration Protocols for Voice and Data Traffic
Increasing demands for multimedia services offer integration of multimedia
traffic as a hot issue in the future research areas. As a result, in the literature, many
multiplexing schemes have been proposed. However, most of them have been
implemented with a high complexity, others may be non-effective to satisfy the
multiplexing performance criteria, while the rest are still not subjected to a wide
range of analysis. Therefore, there is a critical need for comparing some of the
recommended multiplexing schemes as well as developing a simple and effective
integration protocol while still achieving reasonable bandwidth utilization.
This thesis is intended to examine integration protocols for multimedia traffic,
with primary focusing on voice-data integration. Firstly, a survey of the existing
multiplexing schemes and related issues are presented. Next, an Adaptive Round
Robin (ARR) protocol is proposed, as an alternative for voice-data integration, and
extensively simulated. Finally, further comparisons, based on computer simulations,
are carried out for various multiplexing schemes including Strictly Priority Servicing
(SPS), Fixed Round Robin (FRR), Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation/(T1, T2) and
Queue Length Threshold (QLT).As a contribution of the thesis, the proposed protocol tries to avoid the
drawbacks of the previous multiplexing schemes besides satisfying the multiplexing
performance criteria. The protocol differs from the others in that, it gives a limited
priority for voice over data, it organizes the incoming packets to the single First-in
First-out (FIFO) output buffer rather than the only outgoing scheduling, i.e., all data
sources are polled in order according to the adaptation policy; however, before a data
source can send a packet, all active voice sources are polled in order. Thus it
provides an improvement in voice delay performance without significant effect on
data delay performance over previous protocols. In addition, simulation comparisons
between various multiplexing schemes have been discussed. In these simulations
voice packets are assumed to be generated from on-off sources (talkspurt-silence
calls), which is closer to reality and which is not considered in most of the
performance analyses of previous schemes
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