Title :
ABR-API for ABR aware applications and protocols
Author :
Kawarasaki, Masatoshji ; Koike, Arata
Author_Institution :
Multimedia Network Labs., NTT, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Although ATM is being deployed as the underlying transport of Internet communications, ATM network capabilities such as QoS control are not utilized by higher layer protocols and/or applications. Focusing on ABR, this paper proposes the ABR-API which allows higher layers to use ABR capabilities directly, and addresses some ABR aware applications and protocols. It further addresses functions and implementations of ABR-API as user-plane capability and discusses TCP-ABR interworking as a usage example of ABR-API to achieve lossless end-to-end communication under fluctuating network resource availability
Keywords :
Internet; application program interfaces; asynchronous transfer mode; internetworking; quality of service; transport protocols; ABR aware applications; ABR aware protocols; ABR-API; ATM network; Internet communications; QoS control; TCP-ABR interworking; high-speed burst transport; lossless end-to-end communication; network resource availability; protocols; simulation; stable video transport; Application software; Availability; Bit rate; Communication system control; Computer networks; Feedback; IP networks; Laboratories; Protocols; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney,NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4984-9
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776918
