The design and analysis of routing protocols is an important issue in dynamic networks such as packet radio and ad-hoc wireless networks. Most conventional protocols exhibit their least desirable behavior for highly dynamic interconnection topologies. We propose a new methodology for routing and topology information maintenance in dynamic networks. The basic idea behind the protocol is to divide the graph into a number of overlapping clusters. A change in the network topology corresponds to a change in cluster membership. We present algorithms for creation of clusters, as well as algorithms to maintain them in the presence of various network events. Compared to existing and conventional routing protocols, the proposed cluster-based approach incurs lower overhead during topology updates and also has quicker reconvergence. The effectiveness of this approach also lies in the fact that existing routing protocols can be directly applied to the network --- replacing the nodes by clusters.

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Abstract-This paper describes the architecture for a workconserving server using a combined I/O-buffered crossbar switch. The switch employs a novel algorithm based on output occupancy, the lowest occupancy output first algorithm (LOOFA), and a speedup of only two. A work-conserving switch provides the same throughput performance as an output-buffered switch. The workconserving property of the switch is independent of the switch size and input traffic pattern. We also present a suite of algorithms that can be used in combination with LOOFA. These algorithms determine the fairness and delay properties of the switch. We also describe a mechanism to provide delay bounds for real-time traffic using LOOFA. These delay bounds are achievable without requiring output-buffered switch emulation.