The QuickRing ATM switches

Abstract

The 64/spl times/64 QuickRing ATM switch is a multi-stage switch constructed from 8/spl times/8 QuickRing ATM switches. The buffering requirements of such a switch must be carefully considered in the design. Under both Poisson and bursty traffic, the buffer space needed at an intermediate node is less than one-third of the buffer space needed at an output node.