Stability and fairness of a rate allocation scheme

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 195-239

  Aweya, James ^a   Ouellette, Michel ^a   Montuno, Delfin Y ^a  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATM; Available Bit Rate (ABR); Congestion control; Control; Feedback; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; BANDWIDTH; FEEDBACK CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

STABILITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0141574255     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016541127634     Document Type: Review

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