Abstract:

As has been shown in standard protocols and router methods are inadequate when it comes to minimizing congestion, notwithstanding the gains achieved in congestion management. It's possible that rate-based congestion management strategies might help with this. In this study, I briefly explain the problems with conventional congestion management strategies and then outline some potential solutions. In light of these solutions, I offer a framework for congestion management that is built on a ‘sustainable rate' foundation, without relying on traditional paradigms like sliding windows and round-trip timers. Most of the discussed methods for reducing traffic congestion are forms of service reduction, in which transmission rates from various sources are lowered. A different approach is to pinpoint the presence and severity of network congestion; from there, it's up to each source to figure out the best way to react to the observed congestion.

Description:

Rate-Based Framework, Congestion Control, protocols and router methods