Practical experiences with a transport layer extension for end-to-end bandwidth regulation

Author

Frank, Matthias ; Martini, Peter

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comput. Sci. IV, Bonn Univ., Germany

fYear

35735

fDate

2-5 Nov1997

Firstpage

337

Lastpage

346

Abstract

The paper presents an extension of the transport layer to control the bandwidth used by data flows in heterogeneous networks in case of network congestion. The regulation mechanism is operating on an end to end basis. It does not depend on a negotiation of quality of service (QoS) parameters prior to the data transmission. Instead it uses a relative QoS concept based on a classification of data flow requirements specified by the application. The paper describes the concept of the mechanism for Regulation Of Bandwidth in Intra-Networks (ROBIN) and presents first measurement results with a prototype implementation of ROBIN

Keywords

local area networks; performance evaluation; quality control; transport protocols; QoS parameters; ROBIN; Regulation Of Bandwidth in Intra-Networks; bandwidth control; data flow requirements; data flows; data transmission; end to end bandwidth regulation; heterogeneous networks; network congestion; prototype implementation; quality of service; regulation mechanism; relative QoS concept; transport layer extension; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Computer science; Data communication; Electronic mail; Ethernet networks; Prototypes; Quality of service; Transport protocols; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1997. Proceedings., 22nd Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8141-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1997.631003

Filename

631003