Title :
Congestion-Reliability-Availability Relationship in Packet-Switching Computer Networks
Author :
Lazaroiu, D.F. ; Staicut, E.
Author_Institution :
Polytechnical Institute of Bucharest, Bd. Hristo Botev 8; R-70335; Bucharest; ROMANIA
Abstract :
The concepts of network reliability, availability, and congestion are presented; network congestion appears as a loss of availability with regard to data communication services provided to network users. New concepts are introduced for network availability evaluation; they consider network component reliability, their maintainability, and the network congestion together.
Keywords :
Availability; Communication system traffic control; Computer network management; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Data communication; Maintenance; Reliability theory; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic; Availability; Computer networks; Congestion control; Packet-switching; Service quality;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1983.5221683
