A discrete-event systems model for congestion control1

Kurt R. Rohloff, Tansu Alpcan, Tamer Başar

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Abstract

This paper presents a discrete-event systems approach to the modeling of a packet-switched communication link shared by multiple users for the purpose of end-to-end congestion control. It introduces a discrete-event system model for the interaction between a shared communication link and the users, which captures the behavior that the link users receive acknowledgments for successfully transmitted packets with a delay that is proportional to the level of congestion in the link. An end-to-end congestion control scheme for this system model is presented that uses the concept of an observer from supervisory control theory. The link model and controllers are implemented in both a Java programming language simulation and the NS2 network simulation software for analysis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 16th IFAC World Congress, IFAC 2005
PublisherIFAC Secretariat
Pages79-84
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)008045108X, 9780080451084
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameIFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Volume16
ISSN (Print)1474-6670

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Control and Systems Engineering

Keywords

  • Decentralized control systems
  • Discrete-event systems
  • Networks
  • Queues
  • Supervisory control

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