Performance of networks containing both MaxNet and SumNet links
Lachlan L. H. Andrew, Bartek P. Wydrowski · Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) · 2003
Both MaxNet and SumNet are distributed congestion control architectures suitable for the Internet. MaxNet has recently been shown to have better fairness and scaling properties, but the majority of existing Internet links use the SumNet paradigm. If MaxNet links are to be deployed, they will need to be compatible with the existing SumNet infrastructure. This paper investigates the fairness and utilisation of networks consisting of mixtures of MaxNet and SumNet links, in different proportions.