Modeling the performance of low latency queueing for emergency telecommunications

  • Authors:
  • Denise M. Bevilacqua Masi;Martin J. Fischer;David A. Garbin

  • Affiliations:
  • Noblis, Falls Church, VA;Noblis, Falls Church, VA;Noblis, Falls Church, VA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Event simulation and analytic modeling are used to evaluate the performance of Low Latency Queueing (LLQ), a queueing discipline available in some Internet packet switching routers for integrated services performance assurance. LLQ combines priority queueing with Class-Based Weighted Fair Queueing (CBWFQ). Priority queueing is used to ensure satisfying tight delay constraints for real-time traffic, whereas CBWFQ is used to ensure acceptable throughput for traffic classes that are less sensitive to delay. Simulations are developed both using a commercial product, OPNET Modeler, and also custom simulators that we developed. Our custom simulators model two different approaches to CBWFQ; and comparisons between the approaches and that of the commercial simulator are conducted. Our computational experiences (central processing unit [CPU] times for model execution and postprocessing) in using the simulators are described. This work is an important first step in the ability to model a proposed enhancement to LLQ which may be beneficial to Emergency Telecommunications Services.