An H∞ approach to congestion control design for AQM routers supporting TCP flows in wireless access networks

Computer Networks

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1684-1704

  Zheng, Feng ^a   Nelson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AQM; Congestion control; Disturbance rejection; Stability; Time delay; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; ROUTERS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AQM; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; TIME DELAY; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION);

EID: 33846860057     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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