AuthorsF. Davik, A. Kvalbein and S. Gjessing
TitleAn Analytical Bound for Convergence of the Resilient Packet Ring Aggressive Mode Fairness Algorithm
Afilliation, Communication Systems
StatusPublished
Publication TypeProceedings, refereed
Year of Publication2005
Conference NameProceedings of the 40th annual IEEE International Conference on Communications, Seoul, Korea, May 16-20
Date PublishedMay
PublisherIEEE
Abstract

Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) is a new standard, designated IEEE standard number 802.17, for MAN and WAN dual ring topologies. RPR uses the buffer insertion principle as a basis for its medium access control protocol. In this paper, we analyze parts of the aggressive mode of the RPR fairness protocol. We look at a congested node, and utilize control systems theory to analyze the stability of the associated fairness algorithm. In particular, we discuss how the settings of the two important parameters ageCoef and lpCoef influence the stability of an RPR-network. At the end of the paper we present simulated scenarios in order to illustrate our results.

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ISBN 0-7803-8938-7

Citation KeyDavik.2005.1