A congestion control approach for LAN/MAN interconnection via ATM
Tzu‐Yu Lin, Y.C. Chen · 2002
The main congestion problem for LAN/MAN interconnection via ATM lies in the possibility of congestion at the receiving gateway. The authors propose a buffer management scheme that stores packets in a buffer if there is a speed mismatch between the source gateways and the receiving gateway. If congestion occurs in the source gateway, it sends a source quench message to slow down the traffic from the host. They calculate the buffer size of the receiving gateway according to the bandwidth of the virtual paths, the number of virtual paths connected, the mean packet size, and the propagation delay of the turn-off signal. Their method can reduce the processing overhead of the gateways as well as achieve real-time control.>