Wath the advances an server technology, and the advent of fast Gzgabat networks, at has become possable to support multa-medza applzcatzons To support the requzrements f o r the transmassaon of asochronous data, the network must provade servace guarantees to connectzons, zncludang mznzmum bandwadth, packet delay, delay jatter, and loss Three factors determine the utalazatzon of the network when provadzng these servaces These are the scheduling algorithm employed at each swztch, the accuracy (tzghtness) of the admission control schedulability condition) that detects vzolatzons t o t b e servace guarantees] accuracy of the input traffic characterization In thas paper we present a schedulang algorathm, a-ts schedulabalaty condatzon and amplementatzon The schedulabzlaty condztaon as free of anput trafic characterazataon and thus any anput trafic model can be used Further, the algorathm as capable of achzevang up to maxzmum eficaency possible at each swatch.
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