Title :
Credit-based flow control for ATM networks
Author :
Kung, H.T. ; Morris, Robert
Author_Institution :
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Simulation, analysis, and experiments on switching hardware have shown that for a wide variety of traffic patterns, credit control is fair, uses links efficiently, minimizes delay, and guarantees no cell loss due to congestion. The credit-based mechanism proposed by the authors provides flow control tailored to ATM networks
Keywords :
adaptive control; asynchronous transfer mode; protocols; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network management; ATM networks; adaptive buffer allocation; analysis; cell loss; congestion; credit update protocol; credit-based flow control; simulation; switching hardware; traffic patterns; Analytical models; Asynchronous transfer mode; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Delay; Hardware; High-speed networks; Pattern analysis; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
