Performance of Queue Selecting Strategies for HORNET

Abstract

As the Internet continues to evolve, the traffic carried by LANs, MANs, and WANs is not only increasing in volume, but is also experiencing a change in pattern. Current MAN based on SONET/WDM ring architecture is not flexible enough to adapt to this sudden increase in MAN traffic, and network resources are not used efficiently. HORNET is designed to address the inefficiencies of SONET and meet the needs of future MANs. This paper will study the performance of HORNET under different selecting strategies to decide which queue should be served first.