Worst-Case Resequence Queue Size Evaluation for a PPS--Buffered Crossbar Architecture

An analytical method is presented for the evaluation of the worst-case resequence queue size and the output buffer size required by a combined PPS/buffered-crossbar architecture. The impact of the load balancing mechanism is assessed by considering a static mechanism based on a round-robin scheme and a dynamic mechanism based on a state-dependent scheme. The influence of the dedicated and shared output buffer arrangements is also investigated.

By: Ilias Iliadis

Published in: RZ3443 in 2002

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