Traffic Management for the Available Bit Rate (ABR) Service in ...

Traffic Management for the Available Bit Rate (ABR) Service in ... Traffic Management for the Available Bit Rate (ABR) Service in ...

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Figure 6.5: Hysteresis functions for ERICA+ required when the queues grow. We choose the former which is the simpler of the two. Since the portion T Q0

and Figure 6.6: The queue control function in ERICA+ f(Tq) = b Q0 (b ; 1) q + Q0 for 0 q Q0 Note that f(Tq) is a number between 1 and 0 in the range Q0 to in nity and between b and 1 in the range 0 to Q0. Both curves intersect at Q0, where the value is 1. These are simple rectangular hyperbolas which assume a value 1 at Q0. This function is lower bounded by the queue drain limit factor (QDLF): f(Tq) =Max(QDLF� 6.20 E ect of Variation on ERICA+ a Q0 ) forq > Q0 (a ; 1) q + Q0 ERICA+ calculates the target ABR capacity, which is the product of f(Tq) and the ABR capacity. Both these quantities are variant quantities (random variables), and the product of two random variables (say, A and B) results in a random variable which has more variance than either A or B. Feedback becomes less reliable as the variance increases. 180

Figure 6.5: Hysteresis functions <strong>for</strong> ERICA+<br />

required when <strong>the</strong> queues grow. We choose <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>mer which is <strong>the</strong> simpler of <strong>the</strong><br />

two.<br />

S<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> portion T Q0

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