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CHAPTER 5<br />

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU) SCHEME<br />

The OSU scheme was one of <strong>the</strong> rst attempts to show <strong>the</strong> power of <strong>the</strong> explicit<br />

rate feedback method hav<strong>in</strong>g O(1) execution complexity. It was developed as an<br />

alternative to<strong>the</strong>MITscheme which had O(N) complexity. The EPRCA and APRC<br />

were some of <strong>the</strong> approaches proposed <strong>in</strong> parallel to <strong>the</strong> OSU scheme. It should be<br />

noted that <strong>the</strong> OSU scheme was developed at a time when <strong>the</strong> rate-based framework<br />

was be<strong>in</strong>g designed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> ATM Forum Tra c <strong>Management</strong> Group. As we describe<br />

<strong>the</strong> scheme, we shall also discuss <strong>the</strong> contributions of <strong>the</strong> scheme towards <strong>for</strong>m<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

standards.<br />

5.1 The Scheme<br />

The OSU scheme requires sources to monitor <strong>the</strong>ir load and send control cells<br />

periodically at <strong>in</strong>tervals of T microseconds. These control cells conta<strong>in</strong> source rate<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation. The switches monitor <strong>the</strong>ir own load and use it with <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation<br />

provided by <strong>the</strong> control cells to compute a factor by which <strong>the</strong> source should go up<br />

or down. The dest<strong>in</strong>ation simply returns <strong>the</strong> control cells to <strong>the</strong> source, which <strong>the</strong>n<br />

adjusts its rate as <strong>in</strong>structed by <strong>the</strong> network. This section described <strong>the</strong> various<br />

components of <strong>the</strong> scheme.<br />

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