From the Publisher: This updated version of the best-selling first edition is a one-source
reference to ATM networks. Written by one of the engineers developing IBM's ATM …

Statistical performance evaluation has assumed an increasing amount of importance as we
seek to design more and more sophisticated communication and information processing …

By focusing on the convergence of the telephone, computer networking, cable TV, and
wireless industries, this fully revised second edition explains current and emerging …

For reasons of economy and flexibility, BISDN (Broadband Integrated Services Digital
Network) is expected to replace existing application-oriented communication networks. ATM …

A method for analyzing the queueing behavior of switching networks constructed from
switches that employ shared buffering or parallel bypass input buffering is presented. The …

We present an analytical model for evaluating the performance of finite-buffered packet
switching multistage interconnection networks using blocking switches under any general …

Networks-on-chip will serve as the central integration platform in future complex systems-on-
chip (SoC) designs, composed of a large number of heterogeneous processing resources …

The authors describe several methods for analyzing the queueing behavior of switching
networks with flow control and shared buffer switches. They compare the various methods …

The paper presents a new cell switching architecture for ATM-based networks. The
proposed helical switch is a multistage interconnection network which implements the self …

Multistage interconnection networks (MIN) are used to connect processors to memories in
shared-memory multiprocessor systems. They have also been proposed as switching fabrics …