A Multicast Switching Algorithm Based on iSLIP

  • Lee, Heyung-Sub (Router Technology Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Yeoun (Router Technology Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Hyeong-Ho (Router Technology Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Whan-Woo (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Published : 2002.07.01

Abstract

This paper proposes a multicast packet-switching method which can less affect QoS degradation. The method includes a switch fabric with extra switching paths dedicated for multicast packets. Presented also are both a buffering structure and a scheduling algorithm for the proposed method. Simulation analysis for the method shows that the switching delay of unicast packets is decreased even though arrival rate of multicast packets is increased.

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