Abstract
The problem of controlling congestion in high-speed communication networks is introduced. An easy-to-implement explicit rate congestion control algorithm is presented, and its stability properties are discussed. The algorithm is decentralized and is robust to network delays. Furthermore, it does not require per-flow information. It is shown that the network level implementation of this algorithm leads to a "hybrid" control system, whose analysis for stability presents challenges in a control context. A variant of the same algorithm is used in the paper to demonstrate the possibility of an Internet implementation using "marking" with the proper choice of a rate update function.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 132-144 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | European Journal of Control |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Congestion control
- High-speed communication networks
- Hybrid systems
- Lyapunov analysis
- REM (Random Exponential Marking)
- Saturation non-linearities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)