Title :
GPS queues with heterogeneous traffic classes
Author :
Borst, Sem ; Mandjes, Michel ; Van Uitert, Miranda
Author_Institution :
CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
We consider a queue fed by a mixture of light-tailed and heavy-tailed traffic. The two traffic classes are served in accordance with the generalized processor sharing (GPS) discipline. GPS-based scheduling algorithms, such as weighted fair queueing (WFQ), have emerged as an important mechanism for achieving service differentiation in integrated networks. We derive the asymptotic workload behavior of the light-tailed class for the situation where its GPS weight is larger than its traffic intensity. The GPS mechanism ensures that the workload is bounded above by that in an isolated system with the light-tailed class served in isolation at a constant rate equal to its GPS weight. We show that the workload distribution is in fact asymptotically equivalent to that in the isolated system, multiplied with a certain pre-factor, which accounts for the interaction with the heavy-tailed class. Specifically, the pre-factor represents the probability that the heavy-tailed class is backlogged long enough for the light-tailed class to reach overflow. The results provide crucial qualitative insight in the typical overflow scenario.
Keywords :
Internet; probability; queueing theory; telecommunication traffic; GPS queues; GPS weight; GPS-based scheduling algorithms; Internet; Markov-modulated fluid input; asymptotic workload behavior; exact asymptotic behavior; generalized processor sharing; heavy-tailed traffic; heterogeneous traffic classes; independent Poisson streams; integrated networks; light-tailed traffic; lower bounds; on-off sources; overflow; pre-factor; probability; service differentiation; traffic intensity; upper bounds; weighted fair queueing; workload distribution; Computer science; Delay; Global Positioning System; Mathematics; Processor scheduling; Scheduling algorithm; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Video sharing;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM 2002. Twenty-First Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7476-2
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.2002.1019248