Title :
Adaptive bandwidth allocation for metropolitan and wide-area networks
Author :
Tan, Liansheng ; Wang, Hanwu ; Zukerman, Moshe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Central China Normal Univ., Wuhan, China
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new bandwidth allocation scheme termed adaptive bandwidth allocation (ABA) based on classical control theory is proposed. It achieves stability, fairness and efficiency in metropolitan and wide-area networks. We demonstrate by simulation the satisfactory performance achieved by ABA.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; ABA; RPR; adaptive bandwidth allocation; classical control theory; distributed traffic control scheme; general weighted fairness; metropolitan area network; rate control; resilient packet ring; wide-area network; Adaptive control; Australia Council; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Control theory; Feedback; Programmable control; Stability; Throughput; Weight control;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2005.1437371
