ATMTrafficManagement.pptVIP

ATM Traffic Management Traffic Management Roles: Maximize efficiency Minimize data loss Control traffic during times of heavy utilization Control is based on: Connection Admission Control (CAC) Call Routing Network Resource Allocation Traffic management capabilities: Improvements over initial design: Slow start (provides for an exponential growth in TCP Window size ) Fast Retransmit and Fast Recovery (controls de detection of loss and retransmission of packets) MTU discovery (allows for a larger MTU) Random Early Detection (prevents flow synchronization reducing queuing) Effect of cell l