A congestion control mechanism for interconnected high-speed networks

Author

Hirzalla, N. ; Orozco-Barbosa, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

19-21 May 1993

Firstpage

557

Abstract

A novel congestion control mechanism is proposed for a system consisting of a high-speed backbone network connecting low-speed LANs (local area networks). The main goal has been to define a fair and simple congestion control mechanism. A performance study of this control mechanism is carried out. The authors are mainly interested in evaluating the packet loss probability and delay as a function of the offered load. This mechanism is suitable for use in an environment requiring one to control the amount of traffic generated by a specific source LAN. This aspect has been demonstrated by the fact that the mechanism directly penalizes the traffic which is increasingly requesting more bandwidth, leading to a fair and independent control for other traffic

Keywords

LAN interconnection; delays; losses; performance evaluation; telecommunication congestion control; congestion control mechanism; delay; high-speed backbone network; independent control; interconnected high-speed networks; local area networks; low-speed LANs; packet loss probability; performance; Bridges; Buffer overflow; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; High-speed networks; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Protocols; Spine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1993., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0971-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.1993.407300

Filename

407300