A high-throughput interconnection structure

Today, high-throughput interconnection structure (HTIS) is a concept. This paper surveys the properties that HTIS should satisfy and proposes a new architecture that satisfies some of the HTIS requirements. We describe the topology, the access method, and the logical structure of our experimental network. This network is a part of a project called ESCALIBUR, in which both interconnection architectures and distributed applications are studied. The network architecture presented here is mainly oriented toward local and bus networks but may be extended long-haul networks.