Performance evaluation of a Starlite-like architecture for ATM switching

ATM is a potential next generation technology for applications needing high speed local communications such as ground based military communications networks and intra-platform communications in such environments as in ships and planes. The authors examine a starlite-like switching architecture for ATM applications. The switching architecture consists primarily of a Batcher sorting network and a Banyan switching network. A performance evaluation of the architecture, based on both analysis and simulation is carried out. A discrete time queuing analysis is utilized due to the slotted nature of the system. Cells (packets) that are unable to make it through the system due to contention for resources are queued in a central buffer and then recirculated. Performance measures such as mean queue length and cell loss probability are presented.<>