Optimal scheduling policies in small generalized switches

Tianxiong Ji, Eleftheria Athanasopoulou, R. Srikant

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Abstract

We consider small generalized switches with less than or equal to four links, and study scheduling policies designed to minimize the total number of packets in the system. By focusing on very small switches, we are able to derive optimal or heavy-traffic optimal policies whose performance can then be compared to previously conjectured optimal policies. In particular, it has been conjectured that the max-weight policy with weight qα is optimal in heavy-traffic when α → 0. Our results show that this conjecture is not true.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIEEE INFOCOM 2009 - The 28th Conference on Computer Communications
Pages2921-2925
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event28th Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2009 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: Apr 19 2009Apr 25 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

Other

Other28th Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2009
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period4/19/094/25/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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