Fairness, QoS, and buffer sizing

ABSTRACT

This note is a reply to some of the points about buffer sizing raised by Dhamdhere and Dovrolis [1]. I'll use a simple mathematical model to make stark some of the tradeoffs that need to be weighed when deciding on buffer size.

REFERENCES

• 1: Amogh Dhamdhere , Constantine Dovrolis, Open issues in router buffer sizing, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, v.36 n.1, January 2006 [doi>10.1145/1111322.1111342]
• 2: V. Jacobson, Congestion avoidance and control, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, v.18 n.4, p.314-329, August 1988
• 3: F. Kelly. Fairness and stability of end-to-end congestion control. European Journal of Control 2003.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.4 PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEMS
      Subjects: Reliability, availability, and serviceability

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.3 Network Operations
          Subjects: Network management

  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.4 Communications Management
          Subjects: Buffering

General Terms:
Performance, Reliability, Theory