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Controlling unresponsive connections in an active network architecture
Author(s) -
Prabhavalkar Niraj,
Parashar Manish
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of network management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1099-1190
pISSN - 1055-7148
DOI - 10.1002/nem.484
Subject(s) - computer science , computer network , testbed , node (physics) , queue , network packet , active queue management , bandwidth (computing) , distributed computing , limiting , greedy algorithm , network congestion , algorithm , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , engineering
This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of Limiting Greedy Connections (LGC), an active mechanism for controlling unresponsive connections and minimizing the degradation in network performance caused by bandwidth‐greedy applications. The primary objectives of the LGC mechanism are to limit the impact of greedy connections on a congested node, to keep a loose upper bound on the packet queue occupancy at the intermediate nodes of the network and to minimize packet loss. The LGC mechanism is evaluated for a variety of network topologies, transmitting sources and node queue parameters, using a Java‐based active network testbed. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.