Improved nested-threshold-cell-discard buffer management mechanisms

Author

Yau, V. ; Pawlikowski, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand

fYear

1992

Firstpage

820

Abstract

Nested threshold cell discarding (NTCD) is a simple asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network congestion control mechanism, well suited for high-speed applications. Its drawback is that it can unnecessarily discard some cells. The authors propose two modifications of NTCD, called nested threshold cell discarding with suspended execution (NTCD/SE) and dual queue nested threshold cell discarding (DQ-NTCD), that overcome shortcomings of the original NTCD mechanism while retaining its benefits. Their performance is analyzed and compared with the NTCD. The results are obtained by means of discrete event simulation with sequentially controlled precision of steady-state estimates

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; discrete event simulation; performance evaluation; queueing theory; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; telecommunications computing; DQ-NTCD; NTCD/SE; asynchronous transfer mode; buffer management mechanisms; discrete event simulation; dual queue; high-speed applications; nested threshold cell discarding; network congestion control mechanism; performance; sequentially controlled precision; steady-state estimates; suspended execution; Analytical models; Australia; Buffer storage; Genetic mutations; Load modeling; Runtime; Tail; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '92. ''Technology Enabling Tomorrow : Computers, Communications and Automation towards the 21st Century.' 1992 IEEE Region 10 International Conference.

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0849-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1992.271856

Filename

271856