A rate based congestion control algorithm in networks with coexisting unicast and multicast sessions

作     者：Qian Dong and Jianying XieSchool of Electronics & Information Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China 

作者机构：Sch. of Electron. and Info. Technol. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. Shanghai 200030 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing》 (北京科技大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2003年第10卷第3期

页      面：66-72页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 08[工学] 081201[工学-计算机系统结构] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：multicast unicast congestion control rate control fairness 

摘      要：The optimal rate control problem in networks with unicast and multiratemulticast sessions is investigated. A penalty function approach is used to solve a convex programformulation of this problem, and then a heuristic rate control algorithm is derived. The algorithmis distributed, and suitable both for source-driven unicast sessions and receiver-driven multicastsessions. To obtain practical viability, the computational burden on core routers as well asend-hosts is kept very low, also is the overhead of network congestion feedback. Simulation resultsshow that the algorithm guarantees TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)-based unicast sessionscoexisting with multirate multicast sessions in a fair and friendly manner. It is also shown thatvarious fairness criteria of resource allocation could be achieved by choosing appropriate utilityfunctions, and resource-utilizing efficiencies would be likewise different.