Analysis of a Discrete Multipriority Queueing System Involving a Central Shared Processor Serving Many Local Queues

The authors consider a multipriority queuing system which involves several distributed local queues and a central server which performs round-robin processor sharing (RRPS). This queuing model, referred to as multiqueue processor sharing (MPS), is an extension of Kleinrock's classical processor sharing model with generalization to multiple priorities and the addition of a buffer at each traffic source for each priority to buffer additional packets queued at that source. The authors present an exact analysis of the MPS model which leads to a closed-form result for the mean packet delay as a function of the packet length for each priority. It is demonstrated by simulation that the result obtained is applicable for accurately computing the average packet delay for a DQDB (distributed queue dual bus) subnetwork, given that stations transmitting on the same bus are not widely separated. >