A nonlinear competitive model of traffic flows at congested links in networks

Author

Bernardo, M. Di ; Garofalo, F. ; Manfredi, S.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria, Univ. del Sannio, Benevento, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

25-28 May 2003

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the derivation of a qualitative model of source-link behaviour in congested networks. A nonlinear competitive model is proposed to capture the dynamics of capacity allocation at congested links. It is shown that, at a congested link, different sources can be considered as a "population" competing for the limited bandwidth according to their "aggressiveness", i.e. their desired transmission rates.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; telecommunication computing; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; capacity allocation dynamics; congested network links; desired transmission rates; limited bandwidth; nonlinear competitive traffic flow model; source-link behaviour qualitative model; Communication system traffic control; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Computer simulation; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Steady-state; TCPIP; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2003. ISCAS '03. Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7761-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2003.1205129

Filename

1205129