A new consolidation algorithm for point-to-multipoint ABR service

Author

Liang, Ji ; Hock, Ng Chee ; Liren, Zhang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol Univ., Singapore

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

298

Lastpage

302

Abstract

Point-to-multipoint connections for available bit rate (ABR) services are not merely extensions of unicast ABR services. The feedback implosion problem must be solved in the case of multicast connections and hence consolidation of the feedback information at branch points becomes necessary. A new feedback consolidation algorithm for point-to-multipoint ABR services in ATM networks is proposed in this paper, aiming to achieve fast transient response and low consolidation noise. Simulation indicates that the proposed algorithm gives satisfactory results in different network configurations

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth allocation; feedback; multicast communication; queueing theory; resource allocation; transient response; ATM networks; available bandwidth division; branch points; consolidation algorithm; fast transient response; feedback implosion; feedback information consolidation; low consolidation noise; multicast connections; point-to-multipoint ABR service; resource management cells; unicast ABR service; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bit rate; Erbium; Feedback; Multicast algorithms; Resource management; Switches; Traffic control; Transient response; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6494-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2000.885505

Filename

885505