A parametric optimization approach to admission control and bandwidth assignment in hybrid TDM networks

Abstract

AbstractThe access to a multiservice synchronous TDM network is considered, where hybrid frames are used to carry two basic traffic types (a circuit‐switched isochronous and a packet‐switched asynchronous one), generated by several users. Each user is assigned a portion of the total available bandwidth, in terms of slots/frame, which is dynamically allocated between the two traffic types at the user premises, by means of a local randomized decision rule. The users' bandwidth shares (capacities) are allocated by a centralized agent, whose goal is to minimize a global cost function that accounts for packet delays and call blocking of the entire process. Parametric optimization problems for the central agent are defined and the application of suitable descent techniques is shown, with the cost function extending over a finite and an infinite time horizon, respectively. The specific nature of the optimization problems is discussed, and numerical examples and simulations are presented that illustrate the effectiveness of the method.