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Traffic Management in ATM Networks: An Overview

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The main objectives of traffic management in ATM networks are to protect the user and the network in order to achieve network performance objectives and to use the available resources in an efficient way. In order to achieve these objectives the profile of the cell stream of each connection needs to be described adequately by means of a set of traffic parameters, together with an indication of the required level of QoS. The relationship between network performance and traffic characteristics and QoS is structured by means of ATM layer Service Categories and Transfer Capabilities. Each Category/Capability is provided with a number of traffic congestion and traffic control mechanisms needed to guarantee the required QoS of the category while achieving a high level of efficiency. This paper presents a state-of-the-art of traffic management in ATM networks. An overview is given of the Service Categories, together with the most important control and congestion schemes: CAC, UPC, traffic shaping, priority control, resource management, flow control, packet discarding schemes.

This work was supported by the European Union under project AC094 (EXPERT). The first author was also supported by Vlaams Actieprogramma Informatietechnologie under project ITA/950214/INTEC (Design and control of broadband networks for multimedia applications) and by the Flemish Institute for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Research in the Industry (IWT), under the BATMAN project. The second author was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education under projects TIC96-2042-CE and TIC98-1115-C02-01.

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Blondia, C., Casals, O. (2002). Traffic Management in ATM Networks: An Overview. In: Kouvatsos, D. (eds) Performance Evaluation and Applications of ATM Networks. The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 557. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47023-3_4

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