Congestion control for fair resource allocation in networks with multicast flows

Supratim Deb, R. Srikant

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Abstract

We consider the problem of congestion control in networks which support both multirate multicast sessions and unicast sessions. We present a decentralized algorithm which enables the different rate-adaptive receivers in different multicast sessions to adjust their rates to satisfy some fairness criterion. A one-bit ECN marking strategy to be used at the nodes is also proposed. The congestion-control mechanism does not require require any per-flow state information for unicast flows at the nodes. At junctions nodes of each multicast tree, some state information about the rates along the branches at the node may be required. The congestion-control mechanism takes into account the diverse user requirements when different receivers within a multicast session have different utility functions, but does not require the network to have any knowledge about the receiver utility functions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)274-285
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2004

Keywords

  • Congestion control
  • Layered multicast
  • Multirate multicast
  • TCP

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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