Traffic Control and Resource Management
LAURIE G. CUTHBERT, J-C Sapanel · Institution of Engineering and Technology eBooks · 1993
The primary role of traffic control and resource management procedures is to protect the network so that it can achieve the required network performance objectives. The uncertainties of broadband traffic patterns and the complexity of resource management suggest a step-wise approach for defining these parameters and procedures. An initial set of traffic-control and resource-management capabilities is currently defined by the CCITT in Recommendation 1.371. Further sets of capabilities may subsequently be defined to achieve increased network efficiency. The following four functions are considered: network resource management, connection admission control, usage parameter control and network parameter control. Their location in an ATM network is also discussed.