Tanım: Braodband-ISDN, ATM and switching in ATM. Switching network topologies. Contention in switching systems and blocking/nonblocking switches. Performance measures for a switching network. Complexity and scalability. Traffic issues in a switching system. Queueing in switching systems and related problems. Switches using sorting. Extended switching networks. Randomizers and switches using randomizers. Cell resequences. Early packet discarding. Multicasting switches. Optical switching.

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