Performance Evaluation Of Congestion Control Mechanisms In ATM Networks.
H. Zhu, Luiz A. DaSilva, Joseph Evans · 1995
Future high-speed computer communication networks are expected to utilize Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology. In order to broadly deploy ATM-based networks, numerous congestion control mechanisms are presently being developed by the industry and research community alike. In this paper, we propose a general method to evaluate the performance of a given congestion control scheme by observing the throughput of a connection. This method was used and shown to be effective in testing the performance of credit-based flow control implemented in a high speed network testbed. We present the results from experiments conducted in a wide area communication environment. 1 Introduction Communication networks for the mid-1990s and beyond are expected to support a wide variety of services, from the transmission of voice, video and data to new, commercially attractive services such as high-definition TV, high quality videophony, high speed data transfer, video on demand, etc. [1] [2]. This con...