Characteristics of ABR explicit rate control algorithms in WAN environments and an ABR control algorithm suitable for public networks

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-209

  Kawahara, Ryoichi ^a,b   Saito, Hiroshi ^a,c,d,e   Kawarasaki, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b IEICE   (Japan)

^c IEEE

^d Inst Operations Res and Mgmt Sci   (Japan)

^e Performance Evaluation ^*

Author keywords

ABR; Explicit rate control; Multiple connections; Propagation delay; Public network; WAN environment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STABILITY;

AVAILABLE BIT RATE;

WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0032065804     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1131(199805/06)11:3<189::AID-DAC360>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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