A study of active queue management for congestion control

Author

Firoiu, Victor ; Borden, Marty

Author_Institution

Nortel Networks, Billerica, MA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

26-30 Mar 2000

Firstpage

1435

Abstract

In this work, we investigate mechanisms for Internet congestion control in general, and random early detection (RED) in particular. We first study the current proposals for RED implementation and identify several structural problems such as producing large traffic oscillations and introducing unnecessary overhead in the fast path forwarding. We model RED as a feedback control system and discover fundamental laws governing the traffic dynamics in TCP/IP networks. Based on this understanding, we derive a set of recommendations for the architecture and implementation of congestion control modules in routers, such as RED

Keywords

Internet; computer network management; feedback; queueing theory; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; Internet congestion control; RED implementation; TCP/IP networks; active queue management; congestion control modules; fast path forwarding; feedback control system; large traffic oscillations; random early detection; routers; traffic dynamics; unnecessary overhead; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Feedback control; IP networks; Proposals; Protocols; Queueing analysis; Stability; TCPIP; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM 2000. Nineteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Tel Aviv

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5880-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.2000.832541

Filename

832541