The hop-by-hop flow controller for high-speed networks: single VC case

Author

Zhang, Hongyi ; Yang, Oliver W. ; Mouftah, H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

785

Abstract

We propose a hop-by-hop controller for the flow regulation of the best-effort (ABR) traffic in high-speed networks. The local controller at each switch can regulate the transmission rate based on the knowledge of the buffer occupancy in the down-stream switch. The condition for stability is derived and a simulation in terms of the buffer occupancy is carried out. It is shown that with this controller applied, the network is asymptotically stable without oscillation

Keywords

buffer storage; delays; packet switching; stability; telecommunication channels; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; ABR traffic; asymptotically stable network; best-effort traffic; buffer occupancy; down-stream switch; flow regulation; high-speed networks; hop-by-hop flow controller; integrated services networks; local controller; packet transfer delay; simulation; stability condition; transmission rate; virtual channel; Communication system traffic control; Computer aided software engineering; Feedback; High-speed networks; Information technology; Propagation delay; Stability analysis; Switches; Traffic control; Virtual colonoscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4198-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.638437

Filename

638437