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Traffic measurements on a ring local area computer network at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are presented. The analysis of the arrival pattern shows that the arrival pr...
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During overload, most networks drop packets due to buffer unavailability. The resulting timeouts at the source provide an implicit mechanism to convey congestion signals from the n...
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Popular myths that cheaper memory, high-speed links and high-speed processors will solve the problem of congestion in computer networks are shown to be false. A simple definition f...
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The performance of Fiber-Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) depends upon several workload parameters; for example; the arrival pattern, frame size, and configuration parameters, suc...
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Weaknesses in several recently proposed ideas about congestion control and avoidance in high-speed netwroks are identified. Both sides of the debate concerning prior reservation of...
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Connecting enterprise sites requires innovative architectures. Virtual private networks (VPNs) linking different organizational sites over the Internet are a popular solution. Inte...
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The available bit rate (ABR) service is proposed to transport data traffic in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. ABR is unique because the network switches can indicate to ...