Backward explicit congestion notification for ATM local area networks

Author

Newman, Peter

Author_Institution

Adaptive Div., NET, Redwood City, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

29 Nov-2 Dec 1993

Firstpage

719

Abstract

The application of backward explicit congestion notification (BECN) to an ATM LAN is investigated in order to support the dynamic sharing of bandwidth between high-speed, bursty, data traffic sources. The results of a simulation study are presented which suggest that a BECN mechanism may provide simple and effective traffic management for an ATM LAN or campus backbone network of up to at least 50 km diameter. Cell loss due to congestion may be prevented and a link utilization in excess of 80% may be maintained with only 0.08% of the link bandwidth, per active source, carrying backward congestion notification traffic during a congestion event

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; data communication systems; local area networks; packet switching; performance evaluation; queueing theory; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; ATM local area networks; BECN; LAN; backward congestion notification traffic; backward explicit congestion notification; campus backbone network; cell loss; dynamic sharing; high-speed bursty data traffic; link utilization; traffic management; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Topology; Traffic control; Video sharing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1993, including a Communications Theory Mini-Conference. Technical Program Conference Record, IEEE in Houston. GLOBECOM '93., IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0917-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1993.318176

Filename

318176