Credit-based flow control for ATM networks

1 January 1994

conference paper
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Vol. 24 (4) , 101-114
https://doi.org/10.1145/190314.190324

Abstract

This paper presents three new results concerning credit-based flow control for ATM networks: (1) a simple and robust credit update protocol (CUP) suited for relatively inexpensive hardware/software implementation; (2) automatic adaptation of credit buffer allocation for virtual circuits (VCs) sharing the same buffer pool; (3) use of credit-based flow control to improve the effectiveness of statistical multiplexing in minimizing switch memory. These results have been substantiated by analysis, simulation and implementation.

Keywords

BUFFER POOL
CREDIT-BASED FLOW CONTROL
INEXPENSIVE HARDWARE
CREDIT BUFFER ALLOCATION
AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION
SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION
NEW RESULT
ROBUST CREDIT UPDATE PROTOCOL
ADAPTIVE CREDIT ALLOCATION
STATISTICAL MULTIPLEXING
ATM NETWORK
VIRTUAL CIRCUIT

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