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Performance analysis of the random early detection algorithm

Sharma, V and Virtamo, J and Lassila, P (2002) Performance analysis of the random early detection algorithm. In: Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 16 (3). 367-388 .

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Abstract

In this article we consider a finite queue with its arrivals controlled by the random early detection algorithm. This is one of the most prominent congestion avoidance schemes in the Internet routers. The aggregate arrival stream from the population of transmission control protocol sources is locally considered stationary renewal or Markov modulated Poisson process with general packet length distribution. We study the exact dynamics of this queue and provide the stability and the rates of convergence to the stationary distribution and obtain the packet loss probability and the waiting time distribution. Then we extend these results to a two traffic class case with each arrival stream renewal. However, computing the performance indices for this system becomes computationally prohibitive. Thus, in the latter half of the article, we approximate the dynamics of the average queue length process asymptotically via an ordinary differential equation. We estimate the error term via a diffusion approximation. We use these results to obtain approximate transient and stationary performance of the system. Finally, we provide some computational examples to show the accuracy of these approximations.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Cambridge University Press.
Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering
Date Deposited: 21 Jul 2011 10:20
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2011 10:20
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39338

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