DocumentCode :
2305932
Title :
Measurement-based admission control: a large deviations approach for bufferless multiplexers
Author :
Reisslein, Martin
Author_Institution :
GMD FOKUS, Germany
fYear :
2000
fDate :
2000
Firstpage :
462
Lastpage :
467
Abstract :
In order to provide quality of service (QoS) assurances networks perform call admission control before accepting a new connection. Rather than relying on a priori traffic descriptors (such as leaky buckets), which often poorly characterize the actual traffic, measurement-based admission control bases admission decisions on measurements of the actual traffic. We first develop a novel large deviations (LD) approach to measurement-based admission control for bufferless multiplexers. We then conduct simulation studies with traces of MPEG 1 encoded movies to compare the performance of the admission rules in the literature with that of the large deviations approach. We demonstrate that for bufferless multiplexing the LD approach achieves both higher link utilizations and smaller loss probabilities. Finally, we compare the performance of measurement-based admission control with that of traditional admission control, which relies on a priori traffic descriptors. Our numerical work indicates that measurement-based admission control achieves significant gains in link utilizations over traditional admission control
Keywords :
image coding; multiplexing equipment; quality of service; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; MPEG 1 encoded movies; QoS assurances; a priori traffic descriptors; bufferless multiplexers; call admission control; large deviations; link utilization; loss probability; measurement-based admission control; performance; quality of service assurances; simulation studies; traffic measurements; Admission control; Aggregates; Call admission control; Communication system traffic control; Motion pictures; Multiplexing; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Traffic control;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 2000. Proceedings. ISCC 2000. Fifth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Antibes-Juan les Pins
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0722-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.2000.860681
Filename :
860681
Link To Document :
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