The role of max-min fairness in DOCSIS 3.0 downstream channel bonding

The concept of fairness in assigning access to network resources has been well defined in traditional networks. With the introduction of channel bonding into the DOCSIS 3.0 standard, where different flows may not have access to the same set of resources, the definition of fairness becomes less clear. In this paper we will investigate the application of max-min fairness in a channel bonded environment and implement an algorithm to allocate fair sharing of resources.