Performance and Buffering Requirements of Internet Protocols over ATM ABR and UBR Services

The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks are quickly being adopted as backbones over various parts of the Internet. This paper analyzes the performance of TCP/IP protocols over ATM network's Available Bit Rate (ABR) and Unspecified Bit Rate (UBR) services. It is shown that ABR pushes congestion to the edges of the ATM network while UBR leaves it inside the ATM portion.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 1998
• Where: IEEE Communications Magazine
• Authors: Shiv Kalyanaraman, Raj Jain, Sonia Fahmy, Rohit Goyal and Seong-Cheol Kim
• Keywords: ABR Service, ATM Networks, Internet Protocols, Traffic Management, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), UBR Service