Maintaining end-to-end throughput in a differentiated-services Internet

Author

Feng, Wu-Chang ; Kandlur, Dilip D. ; Saha, Debanjan ; Shin, Kang G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

7

Issue

5

fYear

1999

fDate

10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

685

Lastpage

697

Abstract

This paper examines the use of adaptive priority marking for providing soft bandwidth guarantees in a differentiated-services Internet. In contrast to other proposals for achieving the same objective, the proposed scheme does not require resource reservation for individual connections and can be supported with minimal changes to the network infrastructure. It uses modest support from the network in the form of priority handling for appropriately marked packets, and relies on intelligent transmission control mechanisms at the edges of the network to achieve the desired throughput levels. This paper describes the control mechanisms and evaluates their behavior in various network environments. These mechanisms are show in to have several salient features which make them suitable for deployment in an evolving Internet

Keywords

Internet; adaptive systems; intelligent control; packet switching; queueing theory; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; adaptive priority marking; differentiated-services Internet; end-to-end throughput; intelligent queue management; intelligent transmission control; network environments; network infrastructure; priority handling; soft bandwidth guarantees; throughput levels; Bandwidth; Intelligent control; Intelligent networks; Intserv networks; Pricing; Proposals; Quality of service; Throughput; Traffic control; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6692

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/90.803383

Filename

803383