摘要 |
A packet switching network including subscriber stations connected to each other through at least one switch, which has a behavior defined as deterministic in that any packet sent on the network from a source subscriber station joins the destination subscriber station(s) within a limited time. In the packet switching network each output port from each switch on the network satisfies the relationship: <maths id="MATH-US-00001" num="00001"> <MATH OVERFLOW="SCROLL"> <MROW> <MROW> <MUNDER> <MO>∑</MO> <MROW> <MROW> <MI>i</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>number</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>of</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>virtual</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>links</MI> </MROW> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <MTEXT> </MTEXT> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MROW> <MI>passing</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>through</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>the</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MROW> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.6em" height="0.6ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.3em" height="0.3ex"/> </MSTYLE> </MROW> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>buffer</MI> </MROW> </MROW> </MUNDER> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.3em" height="0.3ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MROW> <MROW> <MO>[</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.em" height="0.ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MROW> <MN>1</MN> <MO>+</MO> <MROW> <MI>int</MI> <MO>⁡</MO> <MROW> <MO>(</MO> <MFRAC> <MROW> <MSUB> <MROW> <MO>(</MO> <MROW> <MI>Jitter</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>In</MI> </MROW> <MO>)</MO> </MROW> <MI>i</MI> </MSUB> <MO>+</MO> <MROW> <MI>max</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>Latency</MI> </MROW> </MROW> <MI>BAGi</MI> </MFRAC> <MO>)</MO> </MROW> </MROW> </MROW> <MO>]</MO> </MROW> <MO>*</MO> <MROW> <MO>(</MO> <MROW> <MI>max</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>frame</MI> <MO>⁢</MO> <MSTYLE> <mspace width="0.8em" height="0.8ex"/> </MSTYLE> <MO>⁢</MO> <MI>duration</MI> </MROW> <MO>)</MO> </MROW> </MROW> </MROW> <MO><=</MO> <MI>latency</MI> </MROW> </MATH> </MATHS> in which: the max latency value is a maximum residence time in an output buffer of the at least one switch, this value may be different for each switch in the network, BAGi is a minimum time between two consecutive frames belonging to a virtual link i, before they are transmitted, (Jitter In)<SUB>i </SUB>is Jitter associated with the virtual link i that represents a time interval between a theoretical instant at which a frame is transmitted, and its effective transmission that may be before or after the theoretical instant, and (max frame duration) is a duration of a longest frame on the virtual link i. |