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graphs have a steady state with controlled oscillations close to 100% utilization, and<br />

typical queue length graphs have a steady state with controlled oscillations close to<br />

zero queue length. This is also illustrated <strong>in</strong> gure 3.1.<br />

Figure 3.1: Throughput versus delay<br />

The \knee" is a good choice <strong>for</strong> an operat<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>for</strong> congestion control schemes.<br />

Schemes which operate at (or close to) this po<strong>in</strong>t are called congestion avoidance<br />

schemes. Congestion avoidance can be considered as one notion of \e ciency" <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>ABR</strong> service.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> term<strong>in</strong>ology of section 1.4.1, <strong>the</strong> goal could be stated as maximiz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

steady state (or average) utilization, R<br />

a(t)dt while m<strong>in</strong>imiz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> average queue<br />

length, R qa(t)dt.<br />

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