Congestion Control for DiffServ Network Using Second-Order Sliding Mode Control

In this paper, a nonlinear fluid flow model is used to analyze and control DiffServ Network. The controller design is based on the integrated dynamic congestion control strategy and a leader-follower control scheme. With respect to standard sliding mode control (SMC), the second-order sliding mode technique shows the same properties of robustness to uncertainties of model and considerable simplification of model used in the design. Apart from the robustness feature, the proposed second-order SMC laws have the advantage of being continuous, thus eliminating the chattering effect and being more acceptable in application. The performance of the control scheme is verified by the simulation results.