An efficient technique to analyze the impact of bursty TCP traffic in wide-area networks
Performance Evaluation
An SLA perspective on the router buffer sizing problem
ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
Perspectives on router buffer sizing: recent results and open problems
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Convergence of trajectories and optimal buffer sizing for MIMD congestion control
Computer Communications
Light-weight control of non-responsive traffic with low buffer requirements
NETWORKING'07 Proceedings of the 6th international IFIP-TC6 conference on Ad Hoc and sensor networks, wireless networks, next generation internet
The effects of fairness in buffer sizing
NETWORKING'07 Proceedings of the 6th international IFIP-TC6 conference on Ad Hoc and sensor networks, wireless networks, next generation internet
Convergence of trajectories and optimal buffer sizing for AIMD congestion control
Performance Evaluation
ABS: Adaptive buffer sizing for heterogeneous networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Buffer scaling for optical packet switching networks with shared RAM
Optical Switching and Networking
AIST: insights into queuing and loss on highly multiplexed links
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Quality of Service
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We revisit the question of how much buffer an IP router should allocate for its Droptail FIFO link. For a long time, setting the buffer size to the bitrate-delay product has been regarded as reasonable. Recent studies of interaction between queueing at IP routers and TCP congestion control offered alternative guidelines. First, we explore and reconcile contradictions between the existing rules. Then, we argue that the problem of link buffer sizing needs a new formulation: design a buffer sizing algorithm that accommodates needs of all Internet applications without engaging IP routers in any additional signaling. Our solution keeps network queues short: set the buffer size to 2L datagrams, where L is the number of input links. We also explain how end systems can utilize the network effectively despite such small buffering at routers.