The fair shaper: an efficient mechanism for Internet bandwidth share over ATM in a multitasks OS

Author

Lamti, Leila ; Afifi, Hossam

Author_Institution

Dept. of Networks & Multimedia Services, Telecom Bretagne, Cesson Sevigne, France

fYear

1998

fDate

26-29 May 1998

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

64

Abstract

In this paper we propose a solution that integrates traffic shaping with fair queueing into a single scheduling algorithm. The proposed algorithm called “fair shaping mechanism” is used to manage bandwidth on ATM virtual channels in non real time network terminals. It takes into account the general expression of ATM traffic parameters. We discuss the necessary modifications of these parameters for bursty IP traffic. A leaky bucket model is used to shape this traffic and a packet-to-cell parameter conversion is proposed. We present an implementation prototype of this server in the IP driver for a Solaris 2.5 operating system (OS)

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; computer network management; queueing theory; scheduling; telecommunication traffic; ATM; ATM traffic parameters; Internet bandwidth share; Solaris 2.5 operating system; bursty IP traffic; fair queueing; fair shaper; implementation prototype; leaky bucket model; multitasks OS; nonreal time network terminals; packet-to-cell parameter conversion; scheduling algorithm; server; traffic shaping; virtual channels; Bandwidth; Genetic expression; Internet; Network servers; Operating systems; Prototypes; Scheduling algorithm; Shape; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ATM Workshop Proceedings, 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Fairfax, VA

ISSN

1098-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4874-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ATM.1998.675118

Filename

675118