Modified RED gateways under bursty traffic

Author

Feng, Gang ; Agarwal, A.K. ; Jayaraman, A. ; Siew, Chee Kheong

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

8

Issue

5

fYear

2004

fDate

5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

323

Lastpage

325

Abstract

We propose modified random early detection (MRED) gateways for congestion avoidance in TCP/IP networks. MRED aims at providing better control over the burstiness level while remaining the advantages of RED. We use ns2 to simulate a series of network configurations and the numerical results demonstrate that MRED can achieve higher link utilization compared to RED without sacrificing its advantages in all simulation scenarios. The improvement becomes more significant under bursty traffic.

Keywords

IP networks; computer network management; queueing theory; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication links; telecommunication traffic; TCP-IP networks; active queue management; bursty traffic; congestion avoidance; congestion control; link utilization; modified random early detection gateway; network configuration; ns2 simulation; Buffer overflow; Communication system traffic control; Delay; Helium; IP networks; Loss measurement; Protocols; TCPIP; Traffic control; Web and internet services; AQM; Active queue management; RED; TCP; congestion control; random early detection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2004.827427

Filename

1300592