Talk:Dynamic bandwidth allocation

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[edit] Merge with statistical multiplexing?

Is Dynamic bandwidth allocation synonymous with statistical multiplexing? In that case I suggest a merge. Mange01 13:40, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


Dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) is not directly synonymous with statistical multiplexing. In the latter, all traffic is treated equally. With DBA, traffic streams can be given priority according to their service requirements. This article needs a rewrite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjnott (talk • contribs) 13:41, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Are you sure? I thought that statistical multiplexing also may be combined with weighted fair queueing? Perhaps the difference is that DBA requires some kind of resource pre-allocation and reconfiguration of the network, for example before each TDMA timeslot or each frame? But I don't know if DBA is a sub-set of stat mux schemes, or stat mux is a subset of DBA. I have seen an academic paper where they differ the two concepts from each other, but I had problems understanding the distinction. Mange01 (talk) 23:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)