Queueing analyses of scheduling and flow control techniques in integrated voice and data packet-switched networks

Scheduling and flow control techniques pertinent to integrated voice and data packet switching networks. Framed time division multiplexed structures are proposed as a means to integrating voice and data traffic. Framed structures with both fixed and variable size are studied. Adaptive flow control algorithms are investigated which depart from the conventional flow control algorithms developed largely from the viewpoint of data communications. Adaptive algorithms exploit the redundancy and compressibility of voice messages and are based upon the ability to encode voice at variable bit rates. Queueing analyses are performed on the proposed scheduling and flow control algorithms under a single-hop environment.