Performance analysis of rate-based flow control under a variable number of sources

摘要

Rate-based flow control plays an important role for efficient traffic management of ABR service in ATM networks. In this paper, a performance analysis of a rate-based flow control mechanism is presented. In our analytical model, the number of active sources is variable. A new source arrives when a connection is established, and an existing source departs when it has transmitted its data. Hence our model not only reflect the real scenes, but also correctly estimate the effect of the rate-based flow control.