Link-sharing and Resource Management Models for Packet Networks
Title | Link-sharing and Resource Management Models for Packet Networks |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1995 |
Authors | Floyd, S., & Jacobson V. |
Published in | IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 4 |
Page(s) | 365-386 |
Other Numbers | 1622 |
Abstract | This paper discusses the use of link-sharing mechanisms in packet networks and presents algorithms for hierarchical link-sharing. Hierarchical link-sharing allows multiple agencies, protocol families, or traffic types to share the bandwidth on a link in a controlled fashion. Link-sharing and real-time services both require resource management mechanisms at the gateway. Rather than requiring a gateway to implement separate mechanisms for link-sharing and real-time services, the approach in this paper is to view link-sharing and real-time service requirements as simultaneous, and in some respect complementary, constraints at a gateway that can be implemented with a unified set of mechanisms. While it is not possible to completely predict the requirements that might evolve in the Internet over the next decade, we argue that controlled link-sharing is an essential component that can provide gateways with the flexibility to accommodate emerging applications and network protocols. |
URL | http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/networking/linksharing95.pdf |
Bibliographic Notes | IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 365-386 |
Abbreviated Authors | S. Floyd and V. Jacobson |
ICSI Research Group | Networking and Security |
ICSI Publication Type | Article in journal or magazine |