Title :
Approximate fair allocation of link bandwidth
Author :
Pan, Rong ; Prabhakar, Balaji ; Breslau, Lee ; Shenker, Scott
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
Approximate fair dropping (AFD), an active queue management scheme, allocates link bandwidth in an approximately fair manner. AFD-NFT, an enhancement to AFD, performs similarly and is much easier to implement.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; routing protocols; AFD; Internet; active queue management; approximate fair dropping; quality of service; queue management; router mechanism; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Computer science; IP networks; Quality of service; Robustness; Stochastic processes; Throughput; Traffic control; Web and internet services;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MM.2003.1179896
