Performance analysis of a new network access flow control method in computer communication networks
Tadeus Uhl, Bruno Müller‐Clostermann · European Transactions on Telecommunications · 1990
Abstract A new flow control rule for the network access level is introduced and its performance is investigated., The rule is based on measurements of the temporal changes of the traffic intensity. The admission of arriving local packets to a node is regulated dependent on the variations of local and transit traffic and the load in the neighbouring nodes. The objective of the new rule is to maximize the power (defined as the ratio of throughput and delay) for transit packets under consideration of a threshold value for local packets. This threshold serves to limit the unfairness for the local packets. A model for the node has been developed and evaluated by approximate analytical techniques. The performance results obtained enable the construction of a very efficient algorithm for the new flow control rule.