Robust Control and Rate Coordination for Efficiency and
Fairness in ABR Traffic with Explicit Rate Marking
Abstract
The problem of efficiency and fairness of ABR (Available Bit Rate)
traffic with explicit rate marking is investigated from a control
point of view. It is revealed that due to significant uncertainty on
time delays in ABR traffic and strong interaction among switches, ABR
traffic imposes a great challenge to control strategy development.
Focusing on robustness of traffic control and asymptotic fairness, we
propose a new control strategy that employs robust control to
accommodate delay uncertainty and rate coordination for fairness.
Conditions are presented under which robust stability and convergence
are guaranteed.
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