StablePlus: A practical 100% throughput scheduling for input-queued switches

Abstract

This paper proposes a practical stable packet scheduling algorithm for input-queued switches, called StablePlus, which combines a stable matching with a heuristic matching. It not only achieves 100% throughput under any admissible traffic but also has good delay performance. StablePlus can be implemented with today's technology for high line rates, e.g., 100Gbps, and a relatively large input-queued switch, e.g., a few hundred ports.