Performance analysis of congestion management schemes for STREAMS based communication systems

Author

Bhatia, Subhash

Author_Institution

Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

14-17 May 1991

Firstpage

986

Abstract

The performance analysis of congestion management schemes used in Unix-based communication systems is discussed. The performance of the Static STREAMS buffer allocation scheme is evaluated. Two alternative buffer allocation schemes are proposed and analyzed: the dynamic buffer allocation and hybrid buffer allocation schemes. Queueing models of a Unix-based system are used. The results show that a hybrid buffer allocation scheme based on the expected system traffic is best for achieving superior performance without over-engineering of system memory

Keywords

Unix; buffer storage; computer communications software; storage allocation; STREAMS based communication systems; Static STREAMS buffer allocation scheme; Unix-based communication systems; congestion management schemes; dynamic buffer allocation; hybrid buffer allocation schemes; performance analysis; queueing models; Communication system traffic; Computer networks; Environmental management; Kernel; Memory management; Performance analysis; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Watermarking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1991., Proceedings of the 34th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0620-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1991.251970

Filename

251970