Title :
The multi-level leaky bucket mechanism
Author :
Mayor, Gilberto ; Silvester, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we present a new state estimation method based on the leaky bucket (LB) mechanism. It is called the multi-level leaky bucket (MLLB) and can be used to determine the current state of a multirate source, e.g, a Markov modulated process. The MLLB provides information about the instantaneous bit rate of a source allowing more effective flow control. We compare the performance of our mechanism to a simple leaky bucket. We show that our mechanism is able to police both the average bit rate and the average burst duration of a source which cannot be policed by a single leaky bucket. Our results were obtained by a simulation of both mechanisms
Keywords :
Markov processes; asynchronous transfer mode; channel capacity; state estimation; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; MLLB; Markov modulated process; average bit rate; average burst duration; flow control; instantaneous bit rate; multi-level leaky bucket mechanism; multirate source; performance; state estimation method; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Contracts; HDTV; ISDN; Monitoring; Probability; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Communications and Networks, 1995. Proceedings., Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7180-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCN.1995.540144
