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Figure 7.13: An event trace illustrat<strong>in</strong>g need <strong>for</strong>areschedul<strong>in</strong>g mechanism<br />

till 142.2 ms, result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> an unnecessary idle <strong>in</strong>terval. In o<strong>the</strong>r words, <strong>the</strong> source<br />

once stopped is unable to use bandwidth <strong>for</strong> 100 ms even if it becomes available. The<br />

bandwidth is left unused not because <strong>the</strong>re are no RM cells, but because <strong>the</strong> network<br />

feedback is ignored.<br />

Figure 7.14: The Reschedul<strong>in</strong>g Mechanism<br />

To tackle this situation, we proposed that <strong>the</strong> sources may optionally \reschedule"<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir cell transmission opportunities based upon feedback. Speci cally, <strong>the</strong> source<br />

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