A B-ISDN/ATM traffic descriptor, and its use in traffic and congestion controls

Author

Berger, A.W. ; Eckberg, A.E.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-5 Dec 1991

Firstpage

266

Abstract

The authors summarize issues underlying the need for a traffic descriptor methodology for B-ISDN/ATM (broadband integrated services digital network/asynchronous transfer mode), and they identify objectives to drive the selection of an appropriate traffic descriptor. Two of these objectives are that the traffic descriptor should relay strongly to (i) B-ISDN/ATM call admission control (CAC) and (ii) B-ISDN/ATM usage parameter control (UPC). A traffic descriptor related to traffic peakedness is investigated and shown to have considerable promise with regard to these two objectives

Keywords

ISDN; broadband networks; telecommunication traffic; telecommunications control; time division multiplexing; B-ISDN/ATM; asynchronous transfer mode; broadband ISDN; call admission control; congestion control; peak rate; traffic control; traffic descriptor; traffic peakedness; usage parameter control; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Call admission control; Communication system traffic control; Condition monitoring; Design engineering; ISDN; Protection; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1991. GLOBECOM '91. 'Countdown to the New Millennium. Featuring a Mini-Theme on: Personal Communications Services

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-87942-697-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1991.188396

Filename

188396