Packet-mode scheduling in input-queued cell-based switches

  • Authors:
  • Marco Ajmone Marsan;Andrea Bianco;Paolo Giaccone;Emilio Leonardi;Fabio Neri

  • Affiliations:
  • Politecnico di Torino, Torino Italy;Politecnico di Torino, Torino Italy;Politecnico di Torino, Torino Italy;Politecnico di Torino, Torino Italy;Politecnico di Torino, Torino Italy

  • Venue:
  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We consider input-queued switch architectures dealing at their interfaces with variable-size packets, but internally operating on fixed-size cells. Packets are segmented into cells at input ports, transferred through the switching fabric, and reassembled at output ports. Cell transfers are controlled by a scheduling algorithm, which operates in packet-mode: all cells belonging to the same packet are transferred from inputs to outputs without interruption. We prove that input-queued switches using packet-mode scheduling can achieve 100% throughput, and we show by simulation that, depending on the packet size distribution, packet-mode scheduling may provide advantages over cell-mode scheduling.