| In this thesis, the Input Port Processor (IPP) section of a high speed switching network is designed and analyzed. The motivation is obtained from a proposed switching fabric called the "Spherical Switching Network" for high speed applications in next generation networking. The system evaluation is carried out by building a stochastic model and deriving various performance metrics. The switching system consists of four main blocks: namely, the input port processors, output port processors, crossbar switch, and crossbar controller. The switching network considered has unique features like a single buffer at the IPP for the entire network without any internal buffer. Hence the IPP has to be intelligent to enhance the performance of the network in terms of the quality of service (QoS) and speed. This thesis will display a stochastic evaluation of packet scheduling, traffic shaping, and multicasting, and present a queuing model for the entire IPP network. |
