The cost of quality in networks of aggregate traffic

Author

Duffield, N.G. ; Low, S.H.

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Mar-2 Apr 1998

Firstpage

525

Abstract

We relate burstiness (or indifference) curves for stochastic traffic flows to the quality they experience under the allocation of the resources of bandwidth and buffer space. We use this relation to explore the quality experienced by merged flows under various rules for allocating resources to them, including one motivated by the controlled load service specification. We show how cost structures on the resources can be used to encourage optimal use of shared resources amongst heterogeneous flows

Keywords

buffer storage; multiplexing; stochastic processes; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; QoS; aggregate traffic; bandwidth allocation; buffer space allocation; burstiness curves; controlled load service specification; cost of quality; cost structures; heterogeneous flows; high speed networks; indifference curves; merged flows; quality of service; resources allocation; shared resources; statistical multiplexing; stochastic traffic flows; Aggregates; Bandwidth; Costs; High-speed networks; Intelligent networks; Network servers; Quality of service; Resource management; Stochastic processes; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '98. Seventeenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4383-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1998.665070

Filename

665070