Title :
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
fDate :
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
