Topics: Technologies and architectures for network and traffic/service management; Flow and congestion control, routing, scheduling, and buffer management
Authors: Martin Karsten (University of Waterloo, Canada); Daniel S Berger (University of Kaiserslautern & Distributed Computer Systems (DISCO) Lab, Germany); Jens Schmitt (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Presenter bio: Martin Karsten is an Associate Professor in Systems and Networking at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. His primary research interests are software systems and networking.
Abstract:
Different network applications have
different service preferences regarding packet delay and buffering.
Delay management requires scheduling support at routers, which
traditionally also requires some form of traffic specification and
admission control. In contrast, this paper studies the problem of
guaranteeing queueing delay bounds for multiple service classes without
traffic contracts and without affecting the throughput rate for each
class. A solution to this problem is given by decoupling throughput and
delay management via traffic-driven implicit buffer management. Using
this concept, the Delay Segment FIFO (DSF) packet scheduler guarantees
differentiated delay targets in the presence of unregulated throughput
rates. This decoupling represents a modular approach and DSF embodies a
small and self-contained feature set. Furthermore, DSF's service model
satisfies even a strict interpretation of network neutrality, while
effectively guaranteeing delay targets for multiple service classes.
DSF's design and service characteristics are analyzed mathematically and
validated through simulations.
