CA2229577A1 - Method and apparatus for controlling traffic flows in a packet-switched network in order to guarantee service performance - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for controlling traffic flows in a packet-switched network in order to guarantee service performance Download PDF

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CA2229577A1
CA2229577A1 CA002229577A CA2229577A CA2229577A1 CA 2229577 A1 CA2229577 A1 CA 2229577A1 CA 002229577 A CA002229577 A CA 002229577A CA 2229577 A CA2229577 A CA 2229577A CA 2229577 A1 CA2229577 A1 CA 2229577A1
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Tom Davis
Anthony Hung
Hossain Pezeshki-Esfahani
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L12/5602Bandwidth control in ATM Networks, e.g. leaky bucket
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04QSELECTING
    • H04Q11/00Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
    • H04Q11/04Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems for time-division multiplexing
    • H04Q11/0428Integrated services digital network, i.e. systems for transmission of different types of digitised signals, e.g. speech, data, telecentral, television signals
    • H04Q11/0478Provisions for broadband connections
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5629Admission control
    • H04L2012/5631Resource management and allocation
    • H04L2012/5636Monitoring or policing, e.g. compliance with allocated rate, corrective actions
    • H04L2012/5637Leaky Buckets
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    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04L12/54Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5638Services, e.g. multimedia, GOS, QOS
    • H04L2012/5646Cell characteristics, e.g. loss, delay, jitter, sequence integrity
    • H04L2012/5649Cell delay or jitter
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5672Multiplexing, e.g. coding, scrambling
    • H04L2012/5675Timeslot assignment, e.g. TDMA
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    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5678Traffic aspects, e.g. arbitration, load balancing, smoothing, buffer management
    • H04L2012/5679Arbitration or scheduling

Abstract

A scheduling device for use in a packet-switched network, belonging to the class of non-work conserving or idling weighted round robin (WRR) arbiters, assigns a new connection N new slots in a fixed-length repeating scheduling frame by selecting free slots which are close to idealized slots that would, if assigned, eliminate fitter or cell delay variation. The scheduler is able to simultaneously determine if a new constant bit rate connection requiring a predetermined bandwidth conforms to a leaky bucket or GCRA algorithm characterized by a peak packet or cell emission interval T=1/PCR and a packet or cell delay variation time, CDVT, i.e., whether the new connection is GCRA (T, CDVT) conformant. This determination is made by comparing the quantity ME + ML
against the CDVT, where ME is a time equivalent to the maximum number of slots by which any assigned slot is earlier than a corresponding ideal slot and ML is a time equivalent to the maximum number of slots by which any assigned slot is later than a corresponding ideal slot. The scheduler can thus also carry out connection admission control (CAC) functions in an ATM
network switch.

Claims (24)

1. A method for determining whether a constant bit rate connection which has been assigned a set of N slots in an FL, FL ~ N, slot scheduling frame conforms to a leaky bucket algorithm characterized by a peak packet emission interval, T, and a packet delay variation time, CDVT, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) selecting a set of N ideal slot positions for said connection wherein the ideal slots are spaced apart from each other by a time substantially equal to T;
(b) determining a maximum amount ME by which any said assigned slot is earlier than a corresponding said ideal slot;
(c) determining a maximum amount ML by which any said assigned slot is later than a corresponding said ideal slot; and (d) comparing the quantity ME + ML against said CDVT and in response thereto concluding whether said connection conforms to said leaky bucket algorithm.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said slots have identical fixed time durations.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said packets have a fixed length.
4. A method for determining whether a constant bit rate connection which has been assigned a set {C1, C2, ... CN-1, CN} of slots in an FL, FL~ N, slot scheduling frame conforms to a leaky bucket algorithm characterized by a peak packet emission interval, T, and a packet delay variation time, CDVT, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) selecting a set {I1, I2, ... I N-1, I N} of ideal slot positions for said connection wherein every slot h is spaced apart from slot I j-1, j ~ {2, 3, .. N}, by a time substantially equal to T;
(b) selecting a maximum-valued element, ME, of the set {I k-C k: k ~ {1, 2, ... N}};
(c) selecting a maximum-valued element, ML, of the set {C k-I k: k ~ {1, 2, ... N}} ; and (d) comparing the quantity ME + ML against said CDVT and in response thereto concluding whether said connection conforms to said leaky bucket algorithm.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said slots have identical fixed time durations.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein said packets have a fixed length.
7. Call processing and connection admission control apparatus for use in a packet-switched network node element, said apparatus comprising:
(a) means for assigning a newly requested constant bit rate connection a set of N slots in an FL, FL ~ N, slot scheduling frame;
(b) means for selecting a set of N ideal slot positions for said connection wherein said ideal slots are spaced apart from each other by a time substantially equal to a peak packet emission interval, T;
(c) means for determining a maximum amount ME by which any said assigned slot is earlier than a corresponding said ideal slot;
(d) means for determining a maximum amount ML by which any said assigned slot is later than a corresponding said ideal slot; and (e) comparison means for comparing a quantity ME + ML against said CDVT and in response thereto concluding whether said connection conforms to a leaky bucket algorithm characterized by said peak packet emission interval, T, and said packet delay variation time, CDVT.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said slots have identical fixed time durations.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said packets have a fixed length.
10. Apparatus for communicating data in a packet-switched network, comprising:
a data processor having a memory;
input means for receiving packets from a connection source and for queuing said packets in said memory;
means for defining a repeating scheduling frame having a total of FL slots and for maintaining a list of free slots therein;
means for determining a number, N new, of said slots needed to satisfy the bandwidth requirement of said connection;
means for identifying a set {I[0], I[1], I[2] ... I[N new 1]} of ideal slots for said connection which are spaced apart from each other by a time substantially equal to a peak emission interval between said packets;
a program executing on said processor for selecting a set {VC[0], VC[1], VC[2], ..., VC[N new -1]} of said free slots for said connection such that ME + ML ~ CDVT, wherein ME is a time corresponding to a maximum number of said slots by which any said assigned slot VC[j] is earlier than a corresponding said ideal slot I[j], j ~ {0,1, 2,.. N new -1}, ML is a time corresponding to a maximum number of said slots by which any said assigned slot, VC[k], is later than a corresponding said ideal slot I[k], k ~ {0,1, 2,.. N new-1}, and CDVT is a predetermined upper bound on the packet delay variation time; and output means for retrieving the queued packets of said connection from said memory and transmitting said retrieved packets to an output link only during the time periods represented by said assigned slot positions.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said slots have identical fixed time durations.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said packets have a fixed length.
13. Apparatus for communicating data in a packet-switched network, comprising:
a data processor having a memory;
input means for receiving packets from a connection source and for queuing said packets in said memory;
means for defining a repeating scheduling frame having a total of FL slots and for maintaining an ordered list of free slots therein;
means for determining a number, N new, of said slots needed to satisfy the bandwidth requirement of said connection;
means for identifying a set {I[0], I[1], I[2] ... I[N new 1]} of ideal slots for said connection which are spaced apart from each other by a time substantially equal to a peak emission interval between said packets;
means for assigning a set {VC[0], VC[1], VC[2], ..., VC[N new 1]} of said free slots to said connection which approximate or equal said ideal slots, wherein a given VC[i), i ~ {1,2,.. N new-1}, is selected to be one of said free slots which does not increase the overall burstiness of said connection, and in the event such a free slot does not exist, one of said free slots which least increases the overall burstiness of said connection; and output means for retrieving the queued packets of said connection from said memory and transmitting said retrieved packets to an output link only during the relative time periods represented by said assigned slots.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein said overall burstiness of said connection is defined by a quantity ME + ML, wherein ME is a time equivalent to the maximum number of said slots by which any said assigned slot VC[j] is earlier than a corresponding said ideal slot I[j], j ~
{0,1, 2,.. N new -1}, and ML is a time equivalent to the maximum number of said slots by which any said assigned slot, VC[k], is later than a corresponding said ideal slot I[k], k ~ {0,1, 2,.. N new -1}.
15. The apparatus according to claim 13 including means for computing a quantity ME +ML, wherein ME is a time equivalent to the maximum number of said slots by which any said assigned slot VC(j] is earlier than a corresponding said ideal slot I[j], j ~ {0,1, 2,.. N new -1}, ML is a time equivalent to the maximum number of said slots by which any said assigned slot, VC[k], is later than a corresponding said ideal slot I[k], k ~ {0,1, 2,.. N new -1}, said quantity ME+ML providing an upper bound of a packet delay variation time for said connection.
16. The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said VC[i] is one (a) of the closest free slot preceding or equal to I[i] and (b) the closest free slot receding I[i].
17. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein said first ideal slot I[0] is a first said free slot.
18. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein VC[i] is iteratively determined.
19. The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein I[i], VC[i], ML and ME are iteratively determined.
20. The apparatus according to claim 15 wherein I[i], VC[i], ML and ME are iteratively determined.
21. The apparatus according to claim 16 wherein I[i], VC[i], ML and ME are iteratively determined.
22. The apparatus according to claim 21 wherein, when one or both of said free slots (a) and (b) are respectively not within envelopes defined by ME and ML, VC[i] is allocated the free slot which, when assigned, will minimize the value of ME+ML.
23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said slots have identical fixed time durations.
24. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said packets have a fixed length.
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