Admission control in an ATM switching node
US5881049A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5631
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention resides in a precise technique for determining the equivalent bit rate (EBR) of a variable bit rate (VBR) ATM connection. The technique extends a known single-source method developed by Gibbens and Hunt. The new technique applies to shared facilities and hence exploits the statistical-multiplexing gain. The calculation of the EBR is quite fast and is therefore suitable for real-time call-admission control in ATM switches. The admission criteria may be based on either the cell loss or cell delay.
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