The prime objective of the present paper is to analyze the throughput characteristics of a multi-processor configuration for packet switching - suggested in the context of an integrated network for circuit and packet switching - and to identifiy the major parameters on which it depends. The results provide a fundamental insight into how the most relevant system and traffic parameters determine throughput as a function of the number of packet-handling modules. In particular, it is shown that the proposed partitioning of the packet-handling function does indeed permit throughput before saturation is encountered.
Year
1979
Reference entry
Bux, W.; Kühn, P.J.; Kümmerle, K. Throughput considerations in a multiprocessor packet switching node
IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 27, No. 4, April 1979, pp. 745-750