Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- A Survey of Modern High-Performance Switching Techniques (H. Ahmadi & W. Denzel) -- FOUNDATIONS -- Analysis and Simulation of Buffered Delta Networks (D. Dias & J. Jump) -- Performance of Processor-Memory Interconnections for Multiprocessors (J. Patel) -- The Performance of Multistage Interconnection Networks for Multiprocessors (C. Kruskal & M. Snir) -- Performance Analysis of a Packet Switch Based on Single-Buffered Banyan Network (Y.-C. Jenq) -- NONBLOCKING SWITCH ANALYSIS -- Input Versus Output Queueing on a Space-Division Packet Switch (M. Karol, et al.) -- A Broadband Packet Switch for Integrated Transport (J. Hui & E. Arthurs) -- Nonblocking Networks for Fast Packet Switching (R. Melen & J. Turner) -- Multi-Log2 N Networks and Their Applications in High-Speed Electronic and Photonic Switching Systems (C.-T. Lea) -- Performance Study of an Input Queueing Packet Switch with Two Priority Classes (J. Chen & R. Guerin) -- Effect of Speedup in Nonblocking Packet Switch (Y. Oie, et al. ) -- Throughput Analysis, Optimal Buffer Allocation, and Traffic Imbalance Study of a Generic Nonblocking Packet Switch (J. Chen & T. Stern) -- Comparison of Buffering Strategies for Asymmetric Packet Switch Modules (S. Liew & K. Lu) -- Nonuniform Traffic Analysis on a Nonblocking Space-Division Packet Switch (S.-Q. Li) -- Performance Evaluation of a Batcher-Banyan Interconnection Network with Output Pooling (A. Pattavina) -- Performance of a Nonblocking Space-Division Packet Switch with Correlated Input Traffic (S.-Q. Li) -- BLOCKING SWITCH ANALYSIS -- Performance Analysis of Multibuffered Packet-Switching Networks in Multiprocessor Systems (H. Yoon, et al. al.) -- Performance of Buffered Banyan Networks Under Nonuniform Traffic Patterns (H. Kim & A. Leon-Garcia) -- Design and Analysis of Buffered Crossbars and Banyans with Cut-through Switching (T. Szymanski & C. Fang) -- Performance Analysis of Buffered Banyan Networks (T. Theimer, et al.) -- Priority Performance of Banyan-based Broadband-ISDN Switches (S. Tridandapani & J. Meditch).

KNOCKOUT-BASED SWITCHING -- The Knockout Switch: A Simple, Modular Architecture for High Performance Packet Switching (Y.-S. Yeh, et al.) -- Performance Analysis of a Growable Architecture for Broad-Band Packet (ATM) Switching (M. Karol & C.-L. I) -- Performance of Output-Buffered Banyan Networks with Arbitrary Buffer Sizes (H. Kim, et al.) -- MULTICAST SWITCHES -- Nonblocking Copy Networks for Multicast Packet Switching (T. Lee) -- Performance of a Broadcast Packet Switch (R. Bebenik & J. Turner) -- Performance Analysis of a Multicast Switch (J. Hayes, et al.) -- First Stage Multicasting in a Growable Packet (ATM) Switch (D. Marchok & C. Rohrs) -- Call Scheduling Algorithms in a Multicast Switch (C.-K. Kim & T. Lee) -- TOROIDAL SWITCHING NETWORKS -- The Manhattan Street Network (N. Maxemchuk) -- HR4-Net: A Hierarchical Random-Routing Reliable and Reconfigurable Network for Metropolitan Area (F. Borgonovo & E. Cadorin) -- Signal Flow Graphs for Path Enumeration and Deflection Routing Analysis in Multihop Networks (E. Ayanoğlu) -- Sharp Approximate Models of Deflection Routing in Mesh Networks (A. Greenberg & J. Goodman) -- Performance Analysis of Deflection Routing in the Manhattan Street Network (A. Choudhury & V. Li) -- Effect of a Finite Reassembly Buffer on the Performance of Deflection Routing (A. Choudhury & N. Maxemchuk) -- Nonuniform Traffic in the Manhattan Street Network (J. Brassil & R. Cruz) -- SHUFFLE NETWORK SWITCHING NETWORKS -- Performance of Shuffle-Like Switching Networks with Deflection (A. Krishna & B. Hajek) -- Shuffle Interconnection Networks with Deflection Routing for ATM Switching: The Closed-Loop Shuffleout (M. Decina, et al.) -- HOT SPOTS, PACKET TRAINS, AND OTHER EXTENSIONS -- Multipath Interconnection: A Technique for Reducing Congestion within Fast Packet Switching Fabrics (G. Anido & A. Seeto) -- A Self-Routing Multistage Switching Network for Broadband ISDN (H. Kim & A. Leon-Garcia) -- Analysis, Control and Design of Crossbar and Banyan Based Broadband Packet Switches for Integrated Traffic (S. Shaikh, et al.).

An Analysis of "Hot-Potato" Routing in a Fiber Optic Packet Switched Hypercube (T. Szymanski) -- A Modular Architecture for Very Large Packet Switches (T. Lee) -- Stochastic Models for ATM Switching Networks (A. Descloux) -- On Nonuniform Packet Switched Delta Networks and the Hot-Spot Effect (P. Harrison) -- Performance of Statistical Multiplexers with Finite Number of Inputs and Train Arrivals (Y. Xiong & H. Bruneel) -- Epilogue -- Subject Index -- Editor's Biography.