Nonlinear instabilities in TCP-RED

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM - Tập 1 - Trang 249-258 vol.1
P. Ranjan1, E.H. Abed1, R.J. La1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Tóm tắt

This work develops a discrete time feedback system model for a simplified TCP (transmission control protocol) network with RED (random early detection) control. The model involves sampling the buffer occupancy variable at certain instants. The dynamical model is used to analyze the TCP-RED operating point and its stability with respect to various RED controller and system parameters. Bifurcations are shown to occur as various system parameters are varied. These bifurcations, which involve the emergence of oscillatory and/or chaotic behavior, may provide an explanation for the parameter sensitivity observed in practice. The bifurcations arise due to the presence of a nonlinearity in the characteristics of TCP throughput as a function of drop probability at the gateway. Among the bifurcations observed in the system are the period-doubling bifurcation and border collision bifurcations. The bifurcations are studied analytically, numerically, and experimentally.

Từ khóa

#Bifurcation #Throughput #Chaos #Computer networks #Stochastic processes #Feedback #Protocols #Telephony #Intelligent networks #Sampling methods

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