Design and stability analysis of a rate control algorithm using the Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion

Author

Aweya, James ; Ouellette, Michel ; Montuno, Delfin Y.

Author_Institution

Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

12

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

719

Lastpage

732

Abstract

Feedback delays arise in the control of a computer network-from the information transfer process itself and from the processing of control signals at the network nodes. Flow control of data sources in a computer network often results in a time-delayed control problem. Feedback delay reduces the stability of a system. In this paper we discuss how to use the Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion to design and analyze the stability of a flow control algorithm with feedback delay.

Keywords

Routh methods; asynchronous transfer mode; computer networks; delays; feedback; telecommunication congestion control; ATM networks; Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion; available bit rate flow control; computer networks; congestion control; control signal processing; data flow control algorithm; feedback delays; rate control algorithm; stability analysis; Algorithm design and analysis; Bit rate; Computer networks; Control systems; Delay effects; Process control; Stability analysis; Stability criteria; State feedback; Time measurement; ABR; ATM networks; Routh–Hurwitz stability criterion; available bit rate; congestion control; feedback delay; flow control; stability analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6692

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNET.2004.833125

Filename

1331433