6th International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools

Research Article

Packetization and Packet Curves in Network Calculus

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/valuetools.2012.250208,
        author={Anne Bouillard and Nadir Farhi and Bruno Gaujal},
        title={Packetization and Packet Curves in Network Calculus},
        proceedings={6th International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={VALUETOOLS},
        year={2012},
        month={11},
        keywords={network calculus packetization},
        doi={10.4108/valuetools.2012.250208}
    }
    
  • Anne Bouillard
    Nadir Farhi
    Bruno Gaujal
    Year: 2012
    Packetization and Packet Curves in Network Calculus
    VALUETOOLS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/valuetools.2012.250208
Anne Bouillard1,*, Nadir Farhi2, Bruno Gaujal3
  • 1: Department of Informatics ENS/INRIA
  • 2: IFFSTAR
  • 3: INRIA
*Contact email: anne.bouillard@ens.fr

Abstract

Arrival and service curves re core functions in the Network Calculus framework. Based on those curves, we present in this talk a new formalism for data packetization in Network Calculus, the packet curves. Indeed, a more precise knowledge of the packet characteristics can be efficiently exploited to get tighter performance bounds, for example for aggregation of flows, packet-based service policies and shared buffers. Finally, we will give a model for a wormhole switch and show how our results can be used to get efficient delay bounds.