Buffer overflow in a store-and-forward network node

  • Authors:
  • P. J. Schweitzer;S. S. Lam

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York

  • Venue:
  • IBM Journal of Research and Development
  • Year:
  • 1976

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Abstract

Equilibrium behavior of a store-and-forward network node with finite buffer capacity is studied via a network-of-queues model. The positive acknowledgment protocol is explicitly modeled and consumes part of the buffer pool. The principal results are the buffer overflow probability, the mean delays, and the distribution of queue lengths as functions of the buffer capacity and traffic levels.