Analysis of multiple-threshold queues for congestion control of heterogeneous traffic streams

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 712-724

  Awan, Irfan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite capacity queue; Partial buffer sharing (PBS) scheme; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); COST EFFECTIVENESS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

FINITE CAPACITY QUEUE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY (ME); PARTIAL BUFFER SHARING (PBS) SCHEME; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 33745256184     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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