Congestion control strategies in ATM networks (original) (raw)

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a promising technique to implement the Broad-band ISDN. When bursty sources are considered, high network efficiency can be obtained by taking advantage of statistical multiplexing. This technique requires to monitor the user behavior, in order to guarantee that the actual traffic parameters do not exceed the maximum values compatible with the required Grade of Service. The paper reviews the major results on the analysis of the control mechanisms. In particular, the three following issues are considered. The Connection Admission Control for both homogeneous and heterogeneous traffic sources is analyzed and the performance of different approaches are compared. The Leaky Bucket mechanism is studied for the Usage Parameter Control and its performance, such as reaction and recovery time, are analyzed. The traffic shaping function is considered in both cases of availability and non availability of a feedback on the traffic sources. The effectiveness of this functionality is investigated.