DocumentCode
845723
Title
A golden ratio control policy for a multiple-access channel
Author
Itai, Alon ; Rosberg, Zvi
Author_Institution
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Volume
29
Issue
8
fYear
1984
fDate
8/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
712
Lastpage
718
Abstract
Consider 
stations sharing a single communications channel. Each station has a buffer of length one. If the arrival rate of station 
is ri , then 
is shown to be an upper bound (over all policies) on the throughput of the channel. Moreover, an optimal policy always exists and is stationary and periodic. The throughput of two policies, the random-policy, and the golden-ratio policy, are analyzed for a finite and infinite number of stations. The latter is shown to approach a limit which is within at least 98.4 percent of the upper bound.
stations sharing a single communications channel. Each station has a buffer of length one. If the arrival rate of station is r is shown to be an upper bound (over all policies) on the throughput of the channel. Moreover, an optimal policy always exists and is stationary and periodic. The throughput of two policies, the random-policy, and the golden-ratio policy, are analyzed for a finite and infinite number of stations. The latter is shown to approach a limit which is within at least 98.4 percent of the upper bound.Keywords
Buffered communications; Multiaccess communication; Optimal stochastic control; Stochastic optimal control; Buffer storage; Communication channels; Communication system control; Computer science; Delay; Optimal control; Permission; Stochastic processes; Throughput; Upper bound;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAC.1984.1103619
Filename
1103619
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