Configuration and performance issues in the MetaNet design
Bülent Yener, Y. Ofek, Moti M. Yung · 2002
Various virtual embedding configurations for the MetaNet architecture are examined. The suggested embedding structures are compared and contrasted, and design parameters and their trade-off are identified. Fairness is used as a mechanism to ensure that the network internally will not be overloaded. Therefore, packets can be sent from source to destination on a route which is close to the shortest path. The routing on the MetaNet is a variant of deflection routing. It makes online routing decisions based on the local flow of traffic (load conditions). MetaNet routing is along a global sense of direction, which guarantees that packets will reach their destinations. This method is called convergence routing. The MetaNet is a LAN/MAN architecture with an "arbitrary topology" (i.e., a switch-based LAN).