Two-level congestion control schemes for ATM networks

  • Authors:
  • Jin-Long Wang;Liang-Teh Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGICE Bulletin
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

In this paper, congestion control schemes are proposed to prevent the network from congestion for ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) networks by controlling the congestion at VC (virtual circuit) and cell levels. At VC level, a bandwidth allocation scheme is performed during the call setup in the form of bandwidth reservation. Call acceptance is decided on the basis of on-line evaluation of traffic utilization. This scheme confines the bandwidth allocation according to the anticipated traffic characteristics and the quality requirements of connected calls. On the other hand, at cell level, an enforcement scheme is proposed to smooth the unexpected traffic from each source during the transmission period. This scheme only allows a cell to be dispatched at the begin of each slot time, thereby regulating cells entering the public network. In addition, several bandwidth enforcement mechanisms and bandwidth allocation methods are presented in order for comparison with the proposed schemes. It shows from the simulation that our schemes perform better than other methods.