NDLI: Interoperability among explicit rate congestion control algorithms for ABR service in ATM networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kayali, M.H. Alnuweiri, H.M. Leung, V.C.M.
Copyright Year	1998
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada (Kayali, M.H.)
Abstract	This paper investigates the important issue of interoperability among different explicit rate congestion control algorithms in multi-vendor (heterogeneous) ATM networks. We assume that each switch in the network implements only one of several known explicit rate congestion control algorithms. We investigate potential unfairness problems resulting from situations whereby certain ABR sources receive network feedback from different switches and other sources responding to feedback coming from a subset of switches. The paper identifies three types of unfairness problems that arise in such networks. One type of unfairness appears while the sources are increasing their rates and the second type appears while they are decreasing their rates. The third type is a new cause of unfairness generated by the presence of highly bursty VBR traffic which can cause unfairness not only in the steady-state periods but even in the transient-state periods on a network link. In addition to identifying the causes of unfairness, our results provide quantitative evaluation of the level of unfairness as a function of various network and source parameters.
Starting Page	112
Ending Page	121
File Size	1049537
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780348745
ISSN	10987789
DOI	10.1109/ATM.1998.675139
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-05-26
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Intelligent networks Erbium Switches Feedback Asynchronous transfer mode Bandwidth Channel allocation Telecommunication traffic Steady-state Bit rate
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Engineering

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