A mathematical model of the skype VoIP congestion control algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 790-795

  De Cicco, Luca ^a   Mascolo, Saverio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer networks; Hybrid automaton; Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) congestion control

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; BAND-WIDTH UTILIZATION; CONGESTION CONTROL; CONGESTION CONTROL ALGORITHM; EQUILIBRIUM POINT; HYBRID AUTOMATONS; INTERNET APPLICATION; NETWORK CONGESTIONS; NON-LINEAR; PACKET LOSS RATIO; SENDING RATE; STEADY STATE; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL;

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; INTERNET; INTERNET TELEPHONY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKET NETWORKS; ROBOTS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES); VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 77949424116     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2010.2040502     Document Type: Article

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