Allocating fair rates for available bit rate service in ATM networks

Author

Arulambalam, Ambalavanar ; Chen, Xiaoqiang ; Ansari, Nirwan

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

34

Issue

11

fYear

1996

fDate

11/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

100

Abstract

A central issue in congestion control for the available bit rate (ABR) service in ATM networks is the computation of the fair rate for every connection at each switching node in the network. The objective is to determine the fair rate for all the connections in a distributed network under dynamic changes in the absence of centralized knowledge about the network, and without the synchronization of different network components. The authors study the problem of fair rate allocation, specifying the requirements of a fair rate allocation algorithm, and provide a survey of various proposed fair rate allocation strategies in the context of the ABR service

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; channel capacity; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication networks; telecommunication services; ABR service; ATM networks; algorithm design; available bit rate service; bursty traffic; congestion control; distributed network; exact fair rate computation; fair rate allocation; fair rate allocation algorithm; fair rate approximation; network components; performance; switching node; Algorithm design and analysis; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Communication switching; Erbium; Feedback loop; Intelligent networks; Resource description framework; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.544198

Filename

544198