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In an ATM network, the ATM Adaptation Layer(AAL) is used to support the connection between the ATM and non-ATM protocol layers. The AAL consists of two sub-layers: the Convergence Sub-layer(CS) and the Segmentation And Re-assembly Sub-layer(SAR). In the CS, a packet from higher layers is broken up into a number of sub-packets, which are further divided into ATM cells in the SAR sub-layer. The performance of the AAL is investigated through the analysis of a network of queues that is constructed based upon the functions of the AAL. Among those individual queues in this queueing network, we found the queue representing the SAR sublayer to be the most difficult and the most critical one to solve. The arrival process to this queue is assumed to be an IBP [x] in order to capture the traffic burstiness property in ATM networks. In this paper, we focus on the analysis of this critical queue, with a more general queueing model, IBP [x] /Geo/1/K queue. The mean waiting time, blocking probabilities. and the generating function of the interdeparture time distribution for this queue are presented. We also fit the departure process from this queue to a two-state MMBP. Using this MMBP as an arrival process of the downstream queue, the remaining queues in the network of queues can be easily analyzed.
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Cui, Z., Nilsson, A.A. (1995). Performance Study on ATM Adaptation Layer. In: Kouvatsos, D.D. (eds) Performance Modelling and Evaluation of ATM Networks. ATM 1994. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34881-0_29
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