High-Performance Packet Switching Architecture for ATM: Conventional Solution andNeural Network Solution

摘要

The thesis consists of two subjects in a high performance packet switch: thefirst subject is a conventional solution for design, implementation and performance analysis of an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) modular switch, and the second subject is a neural network application in a high performance packet switch. The first subject covers the following topics: The design of a modular ATM switch is considered. Two modular switch architectures have been proposed; Nonuniform traffic effect on the switch has been investigated; Since services require different quality of service, an ATM switch must be capable of handling the requirements of different services. The second subject covers the following topics: The rearrangeable Clos' packet switch has especially attractive advantage in a nonblocking interconnection with less hardware than a nonblocking network can be realized. In addition, the output queuing rearrangeable Clos' switch proposed in this thesis has the best delay/throughput performance. In the thesis the equations of the neural network for the routing problem have been developed, while simulations of the neural networks have been carried out in computers.