This thesis consists of the following publications.

[1] J. Ma "Modular packet switch with multiple phases and replicated planes." Electronics Letters, Vol. 28, No. 15, 16th July 1992, pp. 1435-1437

[2] J. Ma and K. Rahko "MULTIPAR: An Output Queue ATM Modular Switch with Multiple Phases and Replicated Planes." in Proc. 2nd International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC-2), Spokane, Washington, U.S.A., July 21-23, 1993, pp. 152-159. (IEEE Computer Society Press).

[3] K. Rahko and J. Ma, " The Impact of Non-uniform Traffic in a Two-Stage ATM Switch." in Proc. 10. Nordiske Teletrafic Seminar (NTS-10), Århus, Denmark, August 1992, pp. 129-137.

[4] J. Ma and K. Rauko "A Growable Architecture for Broadband Packet (ATM) Switch." in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT '92), Beijing, September 1992, pp. 16.05.01-16.05.07.

[5] J. Ma and K. Rahko, "Buffer size and switching capacity study in packet switches of broadband ISDN." in Proc. IEEE TENCON '93, Beijing, October 1993. vol. 3, pp. 259-262.

[6] J. Ma and K. Rahko, "Cell Loss Analysis of Two-Class Priority Generalized Knockout Switch," Electronics Letters, Vol. 30, No. 5, 3rd March 1994, pp. 384-386.

[7] J. Ma and K. Rahko, "A Neural Network Controller for the Three Stage Clos' Packet Switch," in Proc. 14th International Switching Symposium (ISS '92), Yokohama, Japan, October. 1992, pp. 234-238.

[8] J. Ma and K. Rahko, "Scheduling in an Input and Output queuing Three-stage Packet Switch by using neural Networks," in Proc. International Conference on Signal Processing, Beijing, Oct. 26-30, 1993 pp. 1176 - 1179

[9] J. Ma, T. Antonelis and K. Rahko "Neurocontrol of a Broadband (ATM) Clos's Switching Network." in O. Spaniol and F. Williams (editors), Broadband Islands: Towards Integration, pp. 321-326. (ELSEVIER Science Publishers B. V. 1993 ), and also in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Broadband Islands, Athens, Greece, June 15-16, 1993.