QoS and multipoint support for multimedia applications over the ATM ABR service

Author

Vandalore, Bobby ; Fahmy, Sonia ; Jain, Raj ; Goyal, Rohit ; Goyal, Mukul

Author_Institution

Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

Volume

37

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

57

Abstract

Multimedia applications with stringent delay requirements are usually supported by the constant bit rate (CBR) or real-time variable bit rate (rt-VBR) service categories of ATM. This article shows that the available bit rate (ABR) service, which was originally designed for data, can also support multimedia applications under certain circumstances. Issues related to the design of proper ABR traffic management algorithms for such support are presented

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; multimedia communication; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; ATM ABR service; CBR service; QoS; available bit rate; cell loss; constant bit rate; data communication; delay; delay requirements; minimum rate guarantees; multimedia applications; multipoint support; real-time VBR service; real-time variable bit rate; switch algorithms; traffic management algorithms; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Delay; Feedback control; Forward contracts; Switches; Traffic control; Video compression; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.739305

Filename

739305