A robust flow control framework for heterogenous network access

Tansu Alpcan, Jatinder Pal Singh, Tamer Başar

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Abstract

We investigate a novel robust flow control framework for heterogeneous network access by devices with multihoming capabilities. Towards this end, we develop an H-optimal control formulation for allocating rates to devices on multiple access networks with heterogeneous time-varying characteristics. H analysis and design allow for the coupling between different devices to be relaxed by treating the dynamics for each device as independent of the others. Thus, the distributed end-to-end rate control scheme proposed in this work relies on minimum information and achieves fair and robust rate allocation for the devices. An efficient utilization of the access networks is established through an equilibrium analysis in the static case. We perform measurement tests to collect traces of the available bandwidth on various WLANs and Ethernet. Through simulations, our approach is compared with AIMD and LQG schemes. In addition, the efficiency, fairness, and robustness of the H-optimal rate controller developed are demonstrated via simulations using the measured real world network characteristics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2007
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2007 - Limassol, Cyprus
Duration: Apr 16 2007Apr 20 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2007

Other

Other5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2007
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityLimassol
Period4/16/074/20/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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