Title :
Congestion control in frame relay networks using explicit binary feedback
Author :
Goldstein, Fred R.
Author_Institution :
Digital Equipment Corp., Littleton, MA, USA
Abstract :
The author describes explicit binary feedback, a congestion management technique that operates over a wide range of operating conditions in connectionless networks as well as across frame relay networks. It relies upon a one-bit indicator in each frame which probes the congestion state of all network resources that it encounters. If any node is congested, then the end-to-end virtual circuit user reduces its demand; if no congestion is seen, the user may increase demand. This adjustment can be performed in the data link layer elements of procedure or in the transport layer, using window size as a surrogate for offered data rate
Keywords :
computer networks; packet switching; congestion control; congestion management; congestion state; connectionless networks; data link layer; end-to-end virtual circuit user; explicit binary feedback; frame relay networks; network resources; node; one-bit indicator; transport layer; window size; Application software; Computer displays; Computer networks; Feedback circuits; Frame relay; Intelligent networks; Peer to peer computing; Probes; Protocols; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1991. Conference Proceedings., Tenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2133-8
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1991.113863
