Decentralized optimal flow control with constrained source rates

Author

Rhee, Seung H. ; Konstantopoulis, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

3

Issue

6

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

190

Abstract

We study optimal flow control in multiservice networks, in which users (controllers) optimize their performance objectives in a decentralized manner. We adopt a model that differs from previously considered ones in that a user´s strategy (viz., flow or average rate) is constrained between two numbers: those are specified by the user´s quality of service (QoS) requirements or by the user´s technology. Adopting the generalized power as the performance measure, we prove existence and uniqueness of the Nash equilibrium point (NEP) and suggest a simple algorithm to determine this NEP.

Keywords

broadband networks; decentralised control; optimal control; quality of service; telecommunication congestion control; Nash equilibrium point; QoS; algorithm; average rate; broadband communication networks; constrained source rates; decentralized optimal flow control; flow rate; generalized power; multiservice networks; performance measure; performance objectives optimization; quality of service; Broadband communication; Communication networks; Communication system control; Constraint optimization; Distributed control; Game theory; Nash equilibrium; Optimal control; Power measurement; Quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4234.769526

Filename

769526