Simple measurement-based admission control for DiffServ access networks

Jani Lakkakorpi

doi:10.1117/12.473382

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1 July 2002 Simple measurement-based admission control for DiffServ access networks

Jani Lakkakorpi

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Proceedings Volume 4865, Internet Performance and Control of Network Systems III; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473382
Event: ITCom 2002: The Convergence of Information Technologies and Communications, 2002, Boston, MA, United States

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In order to provide good Quality of Service (QoS) in a Differentiated Services (DiffServ) network, a dynamic admission control scheme is definitely needed as an alternative to overprovisioning. In this paper, we present a simple measurement-based admission control (MBAC) mechanism for DiffServ-based access networks. Instead of using active measurements only or doing purely static bookkeeping with parameter-based admission control (PBAC), the admission control decisions are based on bandwidth reservations and periodically measured & exponentially averaged link loads. If any link load on the path between two endpoints is over the applicable threshold, access is denied. Link loads are periodically sent to Bandwidth Broker (BB) of the routing domain, which makes the admission control decisions. The information needed in calculating the link loads is retrieved from the router statistics. The proposed admission control mechanism is verified through simulations. Our results prove that it is possible to achieve very high bottleneck link utilization levels and still maintain good QoS.

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Jani Lakkakorpi "Simple measurement-based admission control for DiffServ access networks", Proc. SPIE 4865, Internet Performance and Control of Network Systems III, (1 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473382

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