A binary feedback scheme for congestion avoidance in computer networks
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
On max-min fair congestion control for multicast ABR service in ATM
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
The rate-based flow control framework for the available bit rate ATM service
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
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The point-to-multipoint ABR service is a very important service in ATM networks. Recently, several researchers have studied the issues on multicast ABR services and have proposed a family of consolidation algorithms. All of the previous proposed algorithms have some drawbacks such as slow response, high consolidation noise and high implementation complexity etc. Hence, we propose a new efficient consolidation algorithm which overcomes all such drawbacks. We also recognize that in point-to-multipoint ATM networks, there is a possibility that the branch points will adopt different consolidation algorithms. We, therefore, investigate the interoperability issue and the impact of using different types of consolidation algorithm at the upper and lower stream branch points and show that the branch points with different consolidation algorithms can work interoperably. It is concluded from the simulation results that in order to avoid the consolidation noise and get a faster response in the network the most upper st ream branch point (the nearest one to the source) has to be implemented with a high accuracy consolidation algorithm and the lower stream branch point(s) should be implemented with a fast response consolidation algorithm. Moreover, using our proposed consolidation algorithm, fast response, low consolidation noise and low implementation complexity are achieved.