Title :
An improved increase policy for dynamic window flow control
Author :
Christensen, Kenneth J. ; Nilsson, Arne A.
Author_Institution :
IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Abstract :
Dynamic window flow control is an extension to sliding window flow control. An improved increase policy for dynamic window flow control is developed and evaluated. The improved increase policy is named the jump policy for its ability to jump to a possibly optimum window size. The jump policy has a varying increase rate that is a function of the last window size at which a frame loss occurred. Over a variety of configurations, the jump policy yields a higher effective throughout when compared to existing linear and parabolic increase policies. A simulation study to validate the improvement of the jump policy is described
Keywords :
data communication systems; dynamic window flow control; frame loss; increase policy; increase rate; jump policy; last window size; optimum window size; parabolic increase policies; simulation study; sliding window flow control; Buffer overflow; Communication networks; Communication system control; Frame relay; ISDN; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Propagation losses; Size control; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '92, Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Birmingham, AL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0494-2
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1992.202434
